The Congressional Budget Office is at it again. Every month or so they slither out of the darkness and start pushing for a mileage tax. I swear if they have one scruple it is a lonely son of a bitch. The mileage tax would work something like this. Every vehicle, I would have to assume at the owner’s expense, would have to be fitted with a GPS tracking chip. The tax would be a flat rate, so it would not matter how good of gas mileage your vehicle gets, everyone would get taxed the full amount. That is everyone would be screwed equally.
I have heard rumors of a fluxuating mileage tax, which would work something like this. During peak driving hours, say like in the morning and evening when those in the middle class, who are still lucky enough to have a job and are already being taxed to death, are driving to and from work, the rate will be higher. And I have to believe that those who have not lost their semi tractors and trailers are going to be paying fluxuating rates all through the day and night. And like all other costs associated with shipping, it will be passed on to the consumer.
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