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2015-05-21 Government

Oregon to test pay-per-mile idea as replacement for gas tax

[APNEWS.MYWAY] Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.

The program is meant to help the state raise more revenue to pay for road and bridge projects at a time when money generated from gasoline taxes are declining across the country, in part, because of greater fuel efficiency and the increasing popularity of fuel-efficient, hybrid and electric cars.

Starting July 1, up to 5,000 volunteers in Oregon can sign up to drive with devices that collect data on how much they have driven and where. The volunteers will agree to pay 1.5 cents for each mile traveled on public roads within Oregon, instead of the tax now added when filling up at the pump.

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Posted by Fred 2015-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 The unstated goal of course is to have both taxes on each gallon purchased, as well as mileage taxes.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-21 07:05|| 2015-05-21 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 money generated from gasoline taxes are declining across the country, in part, because of greater fuel efficiency and the increasing popularity of fuel-efficient, hybrid and electric cars.

The left pushed these cars and now there are unintended consequences. Oregon, Washington, and California are nice places but there sure is a left-wing goofy streak that afflicts the region. Why not tax the blather and hot air coming from the left or their politicians instead?

Posted by JohnQC 2015-05-21 07:12|| 2015-05-21 07:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Never talk about cutting back expenditures to meet revenue generation. How did the world survive 50 years ago without all those critical programs?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-05-21 08:43|| 2015-05-21 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 P2K, 50 years ago, the world did not face the critical problem of global warming. Of course, they did have to worry about global cooling.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-05-21 09:10|| 2015-05-21 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 My major objection to participating in a program like this is that it would allow the government to know not only how far I had driven, but where. Unless they have a warrant, it is none of their damn business where I go.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-05-21 09:14|| 2015-05-21 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 That's the idea Rambler.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-05-21 09:24|| 2015-05-21 09:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Rambler - in the driverless cars, you'll only go where they want/allow you to go. Guaranteed

Posted by Frank G 2015-05-21 10:38|| 2015-05-21 10:38|| Front Page Top

#8 It also allows to tax where you drive. Take the Plebian Way for a dollar a mile, or take the Pelosi Viewic Bypass, see the landscape and still save an hour, but pay twenty dollars a mile. Keeps the Griswalds out.

Because there is already a way to keep track of how many miles a person drives: the odometer.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-21 11:48|| 2015-05-21 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 5,000 volunteers in Oregon can sign up to drive with devices that collect data on how much they have driven and where

And how fast...

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-21 14:20|| 2015-05-21 14:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Tax bicycles also; they use the roads and cause accidents.

Posted by airandee 2015-05-21 14:45|| 2015-05-21 14:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Tax bicycles also; they use the roads and cause accidents.

Ye'll thinking inside box. My proposal is to tax melanin-deficiency.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-21 14:56|| 2015-05-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#12 The melanin deficient already pay the vast majority of all taxes.

Posted by Lumpy Squank1370 2015-05-21 15:52|| 2015-05-21 15:52|| Front Page Top

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