http://wealthydebates.com/democrat-c...ry-mile-drive/
(Continues on Link)(Penny Starr) While the House and the Senate this week issued measures intended to temporarily replenish the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money next month, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) ended the week by proposing to hike – then abolish – the federal fuel tax and replace it with a per-mile “fee.”
“The policy development that I’m most excited about and that will reinforce the right practices for the future: After we raise the gas tax, we should abolish it,” Blumenauer said on Friday at the liberal Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. “The time is right to replace the gas tax, because it’s no longer an accurate reflection of road use and benefit because of these wildly changing fuel consumption patterns, and replace it with a vehicle mile travel fee regardless of the choice of vehicle fuel.
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Obviously, this has NOTHING to do with replenishing the 'Highway Trust Fund', and EVERYTHING to do with TOTAL SURVEILLANCE. The whole thing about "we have the technology" pretty much amounts to a $#@!ing Odometer, not a Govt Mandated GPS that REQUIRES you to violate your 5th Amendment Right so they can take more of what little you have left.
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