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<p>[quote user="carnej1"]</p> <p>Be Careful what you wish for..In some of the states up here in the Northeast there have occasionally been proposals for replacing the State Gasoline tax with a "per mile" user tax that would use a "Speed Pass"(automated toll collection system) transponder on every motor vehicle.[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, this is right around the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a link telling how it is being road tested in Minnesota:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/136087/20110419/minnesota-test-driver-mileage-electric-vehicle-gas-tax.htm"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/136087/20110419/minnesota-test-driver-mileage-electric-vehicle-gas-tax.htm</span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have written about this before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will start with the premise of collecting tax by the mile rather than by the gallon of gas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But once started, there will be no end to the micromanagement of your driving by big brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be like having a highway cop riding in your passenger seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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