http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-lahood-vehicle-mileage-tax,0,6754105,print.story

Transportation Secretary is considering taxing consumers by the mile...we would be tracked by GPS devise so they can track the miles.

What complete and total BS!!!!

I'm buying a danged horse if it happens!!!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

I'll sell you a GPS mount for that horse. Half off for Mshop members.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

With the current debt that the government is undertaking and passing onto the tax payer, who is going to pay for this system?

What a waste of money!

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

2006 - Suzuki Gran Vitara (2.0 L fully equipped) Like this car so far except for trying to put on the seatbelt.
1988 - 190e - 2.3L - 172K miles (It now belongs to the exwife)
1999 - Chevy Blazer LS Fully Equiped - killed it June 2006
2001 - Honda Civic EX - 68K miles (sold June 2004)
1963 - 220S - Dual Carb 6 cyl. (sold)
1994 - Yamaha WaveRaider (fun to ride)

Now, where do you keep your horse?
Is your horse licensed?
Does your horse have all of its shots and is it properly medicated?
If your horse breaks out of its stall, do you have insurance?
If you move, will you report to the DA, within 60 days, where you moved to?

We're doing it for the kids...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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No need...I'm sure they'll tax the horse by the turd!!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Greenhouse gas tax.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

There ya go...next would be walking, but they would find a way to induce shoe tax as well.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Lets be serious.

Everybody knows horses use EZ Pass.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

The highway infrastructure needs constant maintenence. With drivers using less fuel and the advent of cars that use no fuel, revenue has fallen short of what is needed.
What do you nay sayers propose? That our highways just continue to deteriorate? Raise fuel taxes while the public moves to electric cars?

For starters, how about stop robbing the transportation fund for non-road maintenance projects?

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Sounds good to me.
What would make up the short fall in the non-road maintenance projects?

Take that from social security

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

What debt? We the tax payers are bailing out big business - not the government. So we will take in the shorts with this new proposal and pay up. And far as the horse turd comment: I hope some government official doesn't read it. It could lead to a new idea for tax revenue: Tax by length our own turds in public toilets. Lots of money to be had!

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Don't Chrome them; polish them

The state proposals I have seen invole charging tax at the pump based on the miles recorded on the GPS since the last fillup. Cars without the GPS are taxed at a very high default rate.

Always thought this system unworkable by the simple ease one could cheat it. Keep an old beater with the GPS and a large gas tank. Only drive it back and forth to the gas station. Siphon into other vehicles as needed. Never take the rest of your cars to a pump. You wind up paying tax only for the 100 miles a year you drive the beater.

Another scheme that my morality prevents me from profiting on.

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Greg Schwall

1983 300SD - 465,000 miles

That's been taken for decades. There's nothing there.
Besides, SS rightfully belongs to those that paid into it.