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The devices would track every mile you drive —possibly including your location — and the government would use the data to draw up a tax bill.
“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place”
Sir Winston Churchill
Bullshit. We have road tax and the roads are still crap. Payed highways ($70 anually), highways are still crap. The money goes into other stuff.
America, borrow from the EU. They have plenty funds for roads.
But anything electronic is bound to be cracked. We have toll gates for trucks. All you have to do is cover the gizmo with aluminium so it doesn't subtract credits.
It wouldn't have to be OBD. You'd need a digital odo. Although I don't know of many cars with digital odo, without obd. My DD is a small van that was used by a logistics company and has an RS232 device that tracks milage. The technology is probably 15 years old. But they used it to make sure employees didn't use the cars for personal stuff and to track mpg.
How about we stop mandating cars get XXXX average MPG all the time, then people will use more gas, and thus pay more in taxes.
VA had a extra tax on hybrids for this purpose, but IIRC it got repealed this year.
Fuck more taxes. They can take their black boxes and shove them.
Also make those stupid mopeds pay to be registered like cars. Those things are pesky and get in the way, and don't get me started on the asshole bikers here who won't move over and get piss when you want to pass them. Clogging up our roads and not paying a penny for they're maintenance.
clearly years of fiscal mismanagement is not to blame. seriously, its not like we are building these infrastructures from scratch, if they are running a deficit then they are probably spending more on admin and perks than actually using the funds for its intended purpose
clearly years of fiscal mismanagement is not to blame. seriously, its not like we are building these infrastructures from scratch, if they are running a deficit then they are probably spending more on admin and perks than actually using the funds for its intended purpose
They never use funds for the intended purpose. Social Security, anyone?
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