What do all you CA drivers think of this plan?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But look at it from a gas use perspective. "Mileage" isn't a commodity. Gas is. So an SUV driver who uses more gas per mile will be paying less tax per gallon. That will be a dramatic shift in the tax burden.

You might just as well argue that people that eat more apples are taxed more/apple. It's a usage tax. The more you use the service the more you pay. It replaces a tax that was unevenly applied to the people of California.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

You might just as well argue that people that eat more apples are taxed more/apple. It's a usage tax. The more you use the service the more you pay. It replaces a tax that was unevenly applied to the people of California.

Umm, no. People who eat more apples are taxed the SAME ammount per apple. That's the point of taxing per apple. They pay more gross, because they use more. With the mileage, they aren't paying per gallon. Go look at Darkbeer's example.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Umm, no. People who eat more apples are taxed the SAME ammount per apple. That's the point of taxing per apple. They pay more gross, because they use more. With the mileage, they aren't paying per gallon. Go look at Darkbeer's example.

That would be true if this were a tax on gas. It's not. It's a tax on people that eat apples (or in this case cause wear on the roads).