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- inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+10So, other states will adopt this and here's how it will wreck state economies:
A state like CA, for example, that allows people who live in San Diego, Lancaster, etc., to work in LA, 2.5 hrs. away if traffic is good. That means those people will taxed for the milage driven, so therefore, they quit their LA job. LA loses the money there, the gas stations lose money, meaning the gas tax isn't collected. Families drive less, cut down to one car. So less renewal fees are collected. Since the people are driving less, less miles driven fees are collected. Most people will either take a lower-paying job or no job at all to stay real close to home to avoid the miles driven tax. Goods will be priced much, much higher, to the point where nobody can afford anything but dry ramen, therefore, fast food joints suffer, as well as retail stores, meaning more layoffs. Many people will also move to more Conservative states that will never have a miles driven tax, meaning less tax/fee dollars coming in. People will also make the decision to live closer to a town center, meaning that the suburbs will slowly abandon and become dilapidated, and then become unsafe as bums and others move in and trash the vacant houses. The state then will raise all taxes and fees across the board, worsening the problem. - Christianptriot, on 12/05/2008, -0/+9First comment is dead on - states and the feds must beware that they will tax themselves out of revenue with these types of situations. Higher taxes are not the answer, because if that tax is tied to a use or material possession, people with go without or find other ways around it and the tax revenues will actually drop more.
"meet the new boss....same as the old boss..." - sheeplescareme, on 12/06/2008, -0/+3more taxes and tolls as well as increases on ones already in place. i seem to remember a group of individuals rising up in revolution against people who taxed them unfairly and at far lower rates than the ones we see today...
- inactive, on 12/06/2008, -1/+4I'm laughing my ass off at these imbeciles. It's like a couple of RIslanders commented on the web site. When most of the state populace is either on the government dole (i.e. welfare), smoking crack or peddling the stuff, revenue tends to drop off and therefore the politnichiks have to go after the few remaining productive folks for money. Another commented this is the paradise they've wound up with after 70 years worth of democrat control. I'm afraid that we've created a society of mobile, educated idiots. They are utterly destroying their own states by continuously voting for the same old political whores and prostitutes, and then after they get sick of the sewer they've created for themselves, they move elsewhere and start the same insane process all over again. I live in a red state that is next door to an ice-cold blue state, and I see that ***** happening here. Stupid is as stupid does. (Sorry I got off on a bit of a tangent here.)
- CoolHandLuke70, on 12/06/2008, -0/+3Folks, it may end up being even more insidious than tolls. In the UK and other places tptb are pushing the idea of putting a GPS trackers in your car or black box that can be used to track everywhere you go, how many miles you drive, how fast you drive, what actions you made when you were in that fender bender(for insurance companies), etc. Folks, this is just the beginning of further big brother control to get you used to it as they incrementally implement it.
- sheeplescareme, on 12/06/2008, -0/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nghdLS8wMfI
- ZincSaucier, on 12/06/2008, -0/+1I live in Providence, and I can say that keeping a low mileage in RI is really easy.. I drive more than 15 minutes maybe once every two months. more than 10 minutes about twice a month. Everything is really close together. I don't agree with the tax on mileage, but at least it wouldnt effect me very much. However, tollbooths at every interstate state border would be horrible. If you've never been to RI, heres what its like. half of your family lives in either MA or CT. Anywhere you are in RI, including the islands you are no more than 15-20 minutes from another state. Crossing the border is inevitable. MA and CT near the borders people constantly come to RI for various things, and that would stop. People in RI would be very restricted and be constantly taxed during commutes. One more thing. The borders with MA are absolutely insane with traffic already.
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