SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)-Illinois drivers could be taxed by the mile under a new proposal that would involve the use of devices to track the distance motorists travel.
The proposal from state Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, is in response to declining fuel tax revenues, which are used to fix Illinois’ roads.
Cullerton says vehicles getting better mileage still wear on roads and there needs to be a better way for the state to collect taxes and fund repair work, the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald (http://bit.ly/1YupwJZ ) reported.
“If all the cars were electric, there would be no money for the roads,” Cullerton said.
Under the plan, drivers could choose one of two ways that a device monitors their mileage. Under one option, the device would specifically track where drivers go and not charge for travel on Illinois toll roads or outside the state. The other option would just track odometer readings.
Or, if drivers have privacy concerns, they could also opt to pay a 1.5-cent-per-mile tax on a base 30,000 miles traveled annually.
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4 comments:
Basically they do not have a fair way of facilitating this tax so they let you choose which way the state is going to rip you off.
And you get to pay extra if you do not let the state monitor you.
AND what happens to the hefty fuel taxes already in place??? Isn't that simply double dipping???
I told you they want to track you and that paying per mile was coming, but I guess I am just a conspiracy theorist who lives in reality huh.... I also told you they would tax the rain in Maryland and damn if I wasn't right, AGAIN!!!
Not hard to see this stuff coming if you did a bit of searching and knew how the mind works of your average politician and citizens who are fucking lazy and won't stand up for anything...
Some people have to drive as much as two hours from the countryside to get to work. That would be so not right to charge by the mile.
I have a third option.
March them at gunpoint outside and start hanging these greedy, fiscally stupid, cheating, alcoholic, pedophilic, backstabbing, lying, elitist slime balls one at a time. Make them watch and wait their turn.
They will NEVER stop trying to take more and more of the money you have worked for and spend it on things they have already charged us for several times over.
Lying, cheating, stealing, and enriching themselves IS WHAT THEY DO.
"Representing"? Not so much.
Better start listening to what Jefferson said.....or you'll be subjected to a constant stream of Orwell.
Keep cheering.
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