Incoming Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has suggested taxing Americans for the number of miles they drive, a policy he endorsed as a Democratic presidential candidate.
The Biden Administration is actively searching for ways to fund its ambitious $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., acknowledged “privacy concerns” related to implementing a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) system but said it should be considered as a potential replacement for the gas tax.
The state of Virginia has started charging a “highway use fee” to drivers with vehicles that the state government deems “fuel-efficient,” including gas and diesel vehicles. The fee varies based on how fuel-efficient the government determines the vehicle to be, and the government can adjust the tax rate as it chooses.
“In the long term, we need to bear in mind also that as vehicles become more efficient and as we pursue electrification, sooner or later, there will be questions about whether the gas tax can be effective at all.”
To implement a VMT system, the federal government would likely have to establish a uniform in-car system for tracking the number of miles a driver travels similar to the EZ-Pass transponder that drivers put in their vehicles to pay tolls.
This turd hasn’t been in office a week and has done sooo much damage already. I believe he stole the election and can’t believe those that voted for him would want to destroy their way of life. Stupid indeed.
And so it begins… tracking everything you do.
Ha Ha guess what they can kiss???
No more BAD ideas needed !!! Biden is causing enough Damage !!!
I feel like I’m taking it up the buttigieg. Uhh
Bootyguy could not have been reelected mayor of South Bend. Was an ineffective mayor of a city just a notch larger than the ‘bury. Potholed streets. His elevation is due entirely to running his mouth about his personal life. But he fits ChinaJoe’s roadmap perfectly.
At the outset of his political career ChinaJoe was briefly a New Castle county councilman. In the Senate and as VP he had no real responsibilities or measurables. He could show or not. The record shows he was at best a so-so student in HS, college and law school. He won’t be a quick study as Fraudulency-in-Chief either.
So, I used to wonder why after many elections where dumbocrats vote in people that turn around and screw them as soon as they get in office.
Now I know that dumbocrats didn’t vote them in, the dumbocrat party steals elections.
Buttigieg has the brain of a knat same brain wave matter as Biden. Neither one could pass a five year old level.
That little fairy needs to go soak his head in a bucket of $hit!