This a all part of the federal government's plan to institute a "mileage tax".
Some states, Iowa for one, have floated the idea of tracking Iowa registered vehicles so that the State could tax the owner based on the mileage driven in the state.
The idea was met with an immediate backlash. Elected officials learned very quickly this idea would most likely cost them their careers in office.
Now, the federal government which has on the executive order of The Chosen One raised CAFE standard to over 50 mpg by 2025. Washington politicians seeing the possibility of a drastic reduction in fuel consumption is attempting to find ways to make up the lost revenue in fuel taxation. So the next step is to mandate tracking devices be installed in vehicles so that for one, the vehicle will be taxed on every mile driven. And of course the bonus is , the federal government can have a way to track our movements.
So where is the ACLU on this? NOWHERE.. The ACLU is not concerned with freedom. It is only concerned about cases where it can generate money for the ACLU.
Should this become law, people will find ways around it.
That mileage tax idea came out of the 2005 Highway Bill passed by Congress. The University of Iowa was commissioned to test-run the program in several states (the
full test results are here). For what it's worth Obama's (Republican) Trans Sec Ray LaHood floated this idea at the beginning of the administration in 2009, and Obama slapped it down immediately.
Supposedly the idea is that current fuel per-gallon taxes have stagnated and failed to keep up with costs. It does not seem to have occurred to these brainiacs to simply raise the fuel tax; they would rather retrofit 250 million cars with spy boxes.
I made it through the first 24 pages and wanted to punch my monitor.
What the **** kind of arrogant elitist twisted **** even dreams of this shit.
GPS devices, fuel refilling events, boundaries...Jesus Christ it's the old Soviet Union...."your papers are not in order"......Then these ***** want to send a monthly bill. "Here. Pay this"..
Oh when a radio talk show host interviewed a person advocating his support for this was asked, "would this mileage tax be replacing fuel taxes paid at the pump?"...The spokesperson said "no. These devices would be used to collect additional revenue. That was the purpose. He also said this would discourage drivers who live near state borders where fuel was cheaper from going to an adjacent state to buy gas at a lower price to avoid their state's higher fuel tax.
So the host asked, "So in addition to a tracking device, this is also designed to collect a "toll" for moving from state to state?"
The guy went all over the place trying to explain how "you can't consider it a tracking device"..And it's not a "toll"..The host pressed further..so if the device makes a charge to cross into another state, it's not a toll?" The guest said there will not be a toll per se. But states may elect to collect tolls on their roads using these devices. He went on to say that after all if a driver does not buy fuel in a which he crosses, he is essentially using the road for free. He also said this would be a quick and inexpensive way for states to collect revenue from all out of state drivers.
Then the big one was that the new tracking and taxing device charges would be a NEW tax. That states would not be compelled to give up collecting their state fuel taxes.
The host asked the guest if he'd be willing to take calls from listeners. The guy showed some intelligence by declining the opportunity.
And rightly so..After the break, the host took calls from listeners and let me tell you ...it was almost unanimous against this idea. There were some very angry people.
In my view this is the government looking under the woman's skirt.
The very idea that the federal government would use a scare tactic like this ( drivers in crashes lying to the police about liability) to allow the government to track our every move, is not only frightening but it is outrageous.
If one is worried about the one in 10 million people that will commit insurance fraud or lie to the police about who's fault the crash was, here's a piece of advice...STAY HOME..or at least don't drive.
