I think it's politics. Mississippi's gas tax hasn't been raised since 1989!!!. Only Alaska's tax (1970's era) is older. At $18.79 centsit's also the 4th lowest in the country. (average is about 31 cents) Now they are having some real problems. Across the state, residents now have to circumvent nearly 500 closed bridges that have been declared unsafe.
So now you raise the gas tax a little so you are at least "close" to the average state and fix the roads.....right??...yeah it mightbe a little unpopular among your republican anti-tax friends but...the bridge is closed??? we've got to fix it right??? ..Nope, not when you are a proud Mississippian who believes God will come to their rescue and pay the taxes for them. .instead you play political games and look to blame godless EV's and hybrids, who are happy to bend over and accept theblame for 30 years of neglect....and shake out their lunch money for 0.0000001 percent of the problem....but at least youdodged the problem until a few hundred more bridges get closed.. https://itep.org/how-long-has-it-been-since-your-state-raised-its-gas-tax-0518/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-closed-bridges-crumbling-infrastructure-threaten-lives-livelihoods-n892571 From: EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Cc: EVDL Administrator <evp...@drmm.net> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVtax: $150yr This isn't about revenue. The piddling amount it's raising clearly demonstrates that. It's a fine. It's not even a fine for trying to beat the system. These politicians aren't just pro-business, they're actively and vehemently anti-environment. If you're pro-environment, even mildly so, this is a way from them to punish you. In other words, they're trolling us. I won't be at all surprised if they extend their "green fine" to small, fuel- efficient pure ICEVs sometime in the future. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181016/77de46e2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
