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Coming off the back of their highly successful program of making the rich pay their fair share with $5.00 gasoline, the Obama admin are now looking to soak the rich even further by charging them a per mile tax for every mile you drive.

The Transportation Opportunities Act- allows all the rich people who drive the opportunity to pay their fair share.

Pure genius!


White House Puts Out Feelers on the Transportation Opportunities Act
Posted by Tabitha Hale (Profile)
Thursday, May 5th at 12:09PM EDT

Via The Hill:
The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive.
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It’s called the Transportation Opportunities Act, which is very ironic because I’m not sure of one opportunity that this would provide for the middle class Obama seems to keen on assisting. If you think for half a second you’ll quickly realize that we pay gas taxes every time we fill up our cars. For example, this chart.

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Yes, Connecticut, you’re already spending over $.70/gallon on taxes. In a 16 gallon tank, that’s $11.20 going to the government every time you fill up. This already serves the purpose of taxing people on how much they drive. No, it’s not as accurate as, say, monitoring the mileage of every vehicle and taxing them based on how much they actually drive. The logistics of implementing a system that tracks the mileage of every car owner to monitor road use are mind boggling, not to mention a direct infringement on the rights of drivers. They seem to know that Americans will not accept this sort of violation, which is why they’re ready to wage the PR campaign:
The administration seems to be aware of the need to prepare the public for what would likely be a controversial change to the way highway funds are collected. For example, the office is called on to serve a public-relations function, as the draft says it should “increase public awareness regarding the need for an alternative funding source for surface transportation programs and provide information on possible approaches.”
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The administration is denying that it’s an official proposal, claiming that it isn’t so much a proposal as an early draft, and that it was never approved. What it feels like is a way for them to get people used to the idea and start warming us up to their intent.

It’s unwise to put anything past this administration in regards to raising taxes. It may seem far fetched, but it’s not necessarily a new tax idea, and has been floated at the state level in several states, including Illinois and North Carolina. They will likely cloak it in green and sell it as the responsibilty of the motorist to pay their “fair share”.

The question is, does the White House believe that everyone who owns a car is “rich”? It seems a little more than probable that the majority of motor vehicle owners fall well below President Obama’s $250k threshhold.

At this point, it appears our President is actively working to destroy the middle class he’s been preaching about rescuing.
 
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Watcha you gonna do abt it......... Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
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Laugh at all the middle and lower class liberals too dumb to see what's happening to them by their own voting.
 
In a 16 gallon tank, that’s $11.20 [taxes].

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Well we do know $11.20 doesn't buy what it used to. :cool:

Chatted with this guy filling up several gas cans for his mowers.

I said it's getting pretty expensive to mow the lawn and he said he was glad he didn't have to commute to work anymore. (retired).

This idea will probably fly as boomers retire, they won't care.

Imo, poor idea though, if you wan't to sitmulate the US economy people need inexpensive gas, period, end of subject. No one is going to move back to the shithole cities, they're too old to join a gang.

I haven't seen a rat or a cockroach in my entire life, so I suppose I'm going to be paying higher taxes.
 
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Laugh at all the middle and lower class liberals too dumb to see what's happening to them by their own voting.
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Hard to laugh when their greed is bringing you down with them... :(
 
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Coming off the back of their highly successful program of making the rich pay their fair share with $5.00 gasoline, the Obama admin are now looking to soak the rich even further by charging them a per mile tax for every mile you drive.

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WHERE is $5.00 gasoline? Maybe where you live, but definitely not in Massachusetts!!! the average is any where from, $3.91-$4.05 for regular,$4.03-$4.17 for mid-grade and $4.13-$4.31 for premium....So where I am from, I am not complaining about a &.40.9/ per gallon of gas tax...And Neither have I seen, lived with, nor had to kill a rat or cockroach...But I have lived in a project and in a "shithole" neighborhood for 8 miserable years during the Bush years....Just recently have I been able to really enjoy being in a decent apartment that is nonproject "real 3 family house"!...Its NOT Obama that made the economy the way it is, its Bush and his "I want a War tactics" he sucked as a president!!
And here's the funny thing, his father was a much better one than he was and he only served 4 years....Who ever thought that a Blackman would never become president, must have been mighty upset, I think hes doing a wonderful job, but others might chose to disagree, so be it!!
OH WAIT A MINUTE....DIDN'T Mr.BUSH GO INTO PAKISTAN TO CAPTURE OR "ATTEMPT TO FIND" OSAMA BIN LADEN??? HOW IS IT THAT IT TOOK NEARLY A DECADE TO FIND HIM? AND ONLY A MERE WHAT 2+ YEARS TO NOT ONLY FIND HIM, BUT KILL HIM? Hmmmm, sounds strange to me!!!
Makes one wonder what the actual mission had been during the Bush years...Doesn't surprise me much how low and ruthless he is, seeing he only flew over Louisianna and did nothing about it when they needed help badly was it because it was a "black state" and NOT a "white state"??? Good question huh?
Where was he for Alabama, oh wait same story goes for that state as well right?...No I am not an African American, I am White for 1...For 2 I fell we all bleed the same color which means we are human..He(Bush) was wrong what he did, what he had done to ALL of us, WE ALL had/have to deal with the price hicks, the fallen economy EVERYTHING even after 8 yrs in office...Why does EVERYONE put Obama down? YES I AM A PROUD DEMOCRAT and ALWAYS Will Be, like all you Republicans who think that shopping at the most expensive markets and spending alot of money on anything, is better than mine...Here's a hint for you all, ITS THE SAME THING IN MACY's THAT IT IS IN KMART...YOU PAY FOR THE "NAME" I PAY FOR THE PRODUCT, SO WHAT IF ITS CHEAPER..PAY THE TAXES GET OVER YOURSELF, YOUR NOT GOING TO DIE....YOU'LL SURVIVE ,MATTER OF FACT WE ALL WILL....
I wish one thing...I wish the richman/woman, would live in a project, have a part time job, 3-4 kids, NO CAR,use public transportation or walk to point A to point B, and get barely nothing in food stamps to feed the 3-4 kids plus themselves, pay utilities, rent and survive on that 1 and only 1 pay check plus barely nothing Dept. of Transitional Assistance gives them ev.2 weeks.....I wish I were a fly to see how it would happen....WE AREN'T "BAD" PEOPLE, WE ARE STRUGGLING JUST LIKE YOU, BUT WORST!! And YOU ALL THINK ITS DRUG RELATED...SO AREN'T SOME OF THE RICH TOO, WE DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL DO, SO WHY COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL OF US?? WE ARE HUMAN TOO, TRYING TO SURVIVE..PLEASE! GET OVER YOURSELVES, BE REAL!
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