call me a wild-eyed hippie, but proposing somethign like a tax on hybrids when SUVs are getting tax breaks sounds like exactly the sort of thing the administration lost its credibility doing.
Dana On 11/26/05, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason for this recommendation is because Hybrid vehicles are doing > > the same amount of wear and tear on the road, however they aren't paying > > their fair share into the road fund. > > Nothing new here; there have been people making crackpot suggestions > about hybrids since the number cruncher finally gave the politico's > the bad news: The increased use of alternative energy for > transportation is going to have a direct negative effect on gasoline > and oil sales. Not a good thing when 49/50 states (I'm not going to > count Hawaii in this) place a huge burden on the income they draw from > the taxation on the sale of that very resource. > > There have been even scarier concepts though - try the concept of > tax-per-mile. Some yahoo's want to put in GPS systems in your vehicle > with a transponder so they can track how many miles your vehicle > drives. Every x months they would send you a bill - some suggest as > high as a nickel per mile - for the actual amount of driving your > vehicle made. Call me paranoid but if I'm going to have a transmitter > in my car pointing out my exact location at any time, I want control > over it. > > Here are some relevant links: > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001972174_mileagetax05m.html > http://cpr.ca.gov/updates/pressdetail.php?id=361 > http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/11/26/report_suggests_taxing_hybrid_cars/ > > It's a really funny thing to watch... kinda like the tobacco issue. > The states use income from tobacco sales to fund medically related > projects. Now that it's illegal to smoke inside a public place in New > York State they're wondering where all their money for Medicaid went. > This has twinges of the same feel to it. > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184156 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
