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Old 02-15-2005, 11:10 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Moonliner
That's just personal opinion based on the fact that goverments vary rarely give up a tax.

So how would YOU fix the problem? It is a real problem. Less money for road maintence.
Like I said, as little sense as just having the mileage tax makes, having both makes even less. Why create a new tax with a heafty pricetag to implement (installing the transmitters on all cars, installing receivers on all gas pumps for starters) when they can just raise the existing tax?

As for what to do to fix it, if it really is a problem, then either raise the existing tax, or better yet, like Darkbeer said, improve spending accountability. The mileage tax will do nothing but reverse any progress made towards conservation.
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