RGar974417 wrote: I understand the fuel tax thing,but 2 questions come to mind.First,what about electric vehicles? They aren't paying to drive on the roads.And,don't our lawmen have anything better to do like finding murderers and rapists?
ROTFLMAO....I wish I had $1 for every time I heard that...
"The feds have been encouraging people to use less gas and have passed laws forcing manufactures to meet CAFE standards since 1975, well guess what the feds got what they wished for and cars use less fuel but now the feds are unhappy because they are collecting less road tax. The same thing is true with cigarettes, the feds say they put a high tax on cigarettes to discourage smoking, but they are collecting a lot of money to help balance the budget. If everyone suddenly stopped smoking over night (which is what the governments says they want) the feds would be in a lot of trouble figuring out where to make up the lost revenue."
It isn't just the Feds. Many states are also having revenue shortfall problems due to the slow down in smoking and driving.
It just goes to show, "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!"
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To the OP, the writing has been on the wall for quite some time, not just because of the electric vehicles, but also there are several other things pushing the implementation of a mileage type tax. For the last 10 years, the frontrunner has been a gps based system, that will enable taxing not only based on mileage but congestion type taxes that will include time of day, type road etc. Such a system will enable not only the collection of revenue, but it also enables a certain amount of social engineering along the roads of where and when people drive. My own guess is that a bill implementing such a system will pass within the next five years or so, and then it will take several years to be implemented.
mowermech wrote: "The feds have been encouraging people to use less gas and have passed laws forcing manufactures to meet CAFE standards since 1975, well guess what the feds got what they wished for and cars use less fuel but now the feds are unhappy because they are collecting less road tax. The same thing is true with cigarettes, the feds say they put a high tax on cigarettes to discourage smoking, but they are collecting a lot of money to help balance the budget. If everyone suddenly stopped smoking over night (which is what the governments says they want) the feds would be in a lot of trouble figuring out where to make up the lost revenue."
It isn't just the Feds. Many states are also having revenue shortfall problems due to the slow down in smoking and driving.
It just goes to show, "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!"
Our local water Co did the samething. They said their equipment was old and they wanted people to conserve water.
The people did what they asked and then the water Co said they were going to go out of business because they were not selling enough water to stay in business. What the what????????
Then they jumped the water rates 100%!!! Yes, 100%!!! They then said they were going to jump another 100% in 2 years!!
Average water bill in 2 years for the town next to mine........Drum roll...........$270/month!!! Glad I have a well.
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