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Can you believe this?
By JOAN LOWY, Associated Press Writer Joan Lowy, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 31 mins ago WASHINGTON – A House committee chairman said Tuesday that he wants Congress to enact a mileage-based tax on cars and trucks to pay for highway programs now rather than wait years to test the idea. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., said he believes the technology exists to implement a mileage tax. He said he sees no point in waiting years for the results of pilot programs since such a tax system is inevitable as federal gasoline tax revenues decline. A congressionally mandated commission on transportation financing alternatives recommended switching to a vehicle-miles traveled tax, but estimated it would take a decade to put a national system in place. "I think it can be done in far less than that, maybe two years," Oberstar said at a House hearing. He was responding to testimony by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., who recommended that the transportation bill include pilot programs in every state to test the viability of a mileage-based tax. Blumenauer said public acceptance, not technology, is the main obstacle to a mileage-based tax. Pilot programs "would be able to increase public awareness and comfort and it would hasten the day we could make the transition," Blumenauer said. Oberstar shrugged off that concern. "I'm at a point of impatience with more studies," Oberstar said. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has ruled out raising gas taxes to make up for the funding shortfall, and the White House has rejected a mileage-based tax. They have not offered an alternative. "At this point there are a lot of things that are under consideration and there is also a strong need to find revenue," Oberstar spokesman Jim Berard said. "A vehicle miles-traveled tax is a logical complement, and perhaps a future replacement, for fuel taxes."
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""At this point there are a lot of things that are under consideration and there is also a strong need to find revenue,"
If they'd stop all that wild spending frenzy they've been on for the last 100 days they'd need far less revenue.
" "A vehicle miles-traveled tax is a logical complement, and perhaps a future replacement, for fuel taxes."
How stupid do they really think we are? Do they really think they'll replace the fuel tax with another tax? Hell no! They'll keep both taxes....and we know they will!
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