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area51

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Reply to DFW (Reply #18)

Mon Mar 29, 2021, 08:28 AM

Mar 2021

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Infrastructure bill won't include mileage tax: DOT spokesperson [View all] DonViejo Mar 2021 OP

Bad idea. Lots of working people have to commute. dalton99a Mar 2021 #1

Eesh. You got that right! lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #25

And to live cheaper the farthest nt Tree Lady Mar 2021 #26

Also, dont include things that have nothing to do with infrastructure. oldsoftie Mar 2021 #2

Thank the Goddess Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #3

Everyone wants it to be free bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #4

When we are getting screwed by Tax cuts...no regressive taxes...GM, ATT and Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #9

I don't see what he has against a gas tax TexasBushwhacker Mar 2021 #5

It is a regressive tax. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #8

It is generating less and less money per mile driven dsc Mar 2021 #10

If the goal is to switch to vehicles that don't use gasoline or diesel but use electricity... PoliticAverse Mar 2021 #13

Then add a surtax to those type of energy TexasBushwhacker Mar 2021 #15

Mileage Tax at time of Registration PhylliPretzel Mar 2021 #23

I'd be okay with that TexasBushwhacker Mar 2021 #34

There won't be any gasoline cars soon. James48 Mar 2021 #19

That trial balloon sure didn't fly Deminpenn Mar 2021 #6

Guess I'll fix my odometer tirebiter Mar 2021 #7

If the gas tax is abolished... mwooldri Mar 2021 #11

It is a regressive tax whether it is on gas or electric cars...I am against both. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #31

This seemed unfair to me for contract laborers. herding cats Mar 2021 #12

They already pay taxes on gas bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #22

They should get rid of it...states put it in the general fund and do not use it for roads. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #30

It would be a regressive tax that would punish the working class. EllieBC Mar 2021 #14

"It's a stupid idea." Not entirely. If the tax was limited for private usage to a cap of say 10,000 cstanleytech Mar 2021 #16

No. I resent paying more taxes than giant Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #17

"I resent paying more taxes than giant Corporations" You wouldn't as your tax would be capped cstanleytech Mar 2021 #20

I would resent it. I am immovable in my opposition to a mileage tax...feel the same about gas taxes. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #28

The same can be said for the gasoline tax bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #21

The gas tank is paid at the pump and they don't know what kind of car you drive. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #29

It is unfair to tax people because their job isn't next door. DFW Mar 2021 #18

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2021 #24

+1. And the gas tax already implies miles driven dalton99a Mar 2021 #27

Also, some people cannot afford rent/mortgage where they work obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #32

It's just a matter of time. As Electric-Vehicles begin to take over, a mileage tax... NurseJackie Mar 2021 #33