So what they're doing is punishing drivers of economical cars and rewarding drivers of gas guzzling SUVs? What a crock.
By taking the number of gallons purchased out of the equation, they're creating a system where everybody pays the same amount per mile regardless of gas usage. If their goal is to replace the old gas tax with an equal amount of income from the mileage tax, that means gas guzzlers are going to be paying less than they were and hybrid drivers are going to be paying more than they were.
That is the point dumbass. The problem is that our road system is based on gas taxes. If the masses continually use more efficient vehicles, the government gets less and less money to maintain roads.
This tax is to eliminate that discrepancy and to allow all users to pay for how much they use the road.
The problem? Well, you can just register your car in a different state.
Except, dumbass, that the lower consumption vehicles are also much lighter and cause significantly less damage to road surfaces.
Now the out of state, double-trailer truckdrivers just passing through from CA to WA all day long will be paying NOTHING for the damage they do to the roads. That's the point.
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So what they're doing is punishing drivers of economical cars and rewarding drivers of gas guzzling SUVs? What a crock.
By taking the number of gallons purchased out of the equation, they're creating a system where everybody pays the same amount per mile regardless of gas usage. If their goal is to replace the old gas tax with an equal amount of income from the mileage tax, that means gas guzzlers are going to be paying less than they were and hybrid drivers are going to be paying more than they were.
Thanks for nothing, Oregon.
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talk about short sighted legislation
That is the point dumbass. The problem is that our road system is based on gas taxes. If the masses continually use more efficient vehicles, the government gets less and less money to maintain roads.
This tax is to eliminate that discrepancy and to allow all users to pay for how much they use the road.
The problem? Well, you can just register your car in a different state.
Except, dumbass, that the lower consumption vehicles are also much lighter and cause significantly less damage to road surfaces.
Now the out of state, double-trailer truckdrivers just passing through from CA to WA all day long will be paying NOTHING for the damage they do to the roads. That's the point.