Minnesota rolls out trial program for the dreaded Vehicle Mileage Tax

[rambone]

Minnesota is gathering 500 volunteers to test out devices that will record their mileage data and provide it to the Government for taxing purposes.

They claim that as more and more people buy fuel-efficient cars, that tax revenues from a Gasoline Tax will no longer be enough to repair the roads.

Mn/DOT to test driver's 'mileage tax' | kare11.com

 

[sadclownwp]

It's about time, I should not have to pay the same amount of tax driving 6 miles to work as someone driving 50 miles to work.

 

[hornadylnl]

It's about time, I should not have to pay the same amount of tax driving 6 miles to work as someone driving 50 miles to work.

Isn't that reflected in the amount of gallons you buy?

 

[rjstew317]

All the more reason to stick with classic cars. If they start putting these in our cars we'll just have to figure out how to hack them.

 

[littletommy]

There is no limit to the depths these rats will sink to steal from us.

 

[iwearcowboyboots]

It's about time, I should not have to pay the same amount of tax driving 6 miles to work as someone driving 50 miles to work.

You need a tune up or maybe add a little air to them tires. I drive a 8.1 liter 4 door truck and I have yet to see a stock vehicle that is rated for 8 times the mpg as mine with the exception of those little easy bake oven cars that run on coal.

 

[rambone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFjrm5jQos

 

[96firephoenix]

so wait...you pay sales tax on the car, an annual tax on the car (registration), a tax to drive the car (fuel tax), a gas-guzzler tax on some cars, get a hybrid vehicle tax credit on others, and now they want to tax people who use less fuel? why not take away the tax credit for mr hipster in his prius that is only 33% more efficient than a corvette

its a shame they are restricting a constitutional right with all these taxes.

 

[IndyBeerman]

It's about time, I should not have to pay the same amount of tax driving 6 miles to work as someone driving 50 miles to work.

Wow, the above is full of fail.

Either you got a vehicle that only gets 2.5 miles per gallon, or you've failed basic math a time or two.

 

[iwearcowboyboots]

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All the more reason to stick with classic cars. If they start putting these in our cars we'll just have to figure out how to hack them.

If the gubberment's taxation think tank was thinking, they would forget about extra bolt-on meters and just slip the meter read into a mandatory annual smog/emissions check.

The best hack would be to use the high speed rail instead of a car.

 

[rjstew317]

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If the gubberment's taxation think tank was thinking, they would forget about extra bolt-on meters and just slip the meter read into a mandatory annual smog/emissions check.

The best hack would be to use the high speed rail instead of a car.

We had that back in New Mexico on a county to county basis. I kept a P.O. box in a neighboring county so I could register there and avoid the test(tax), but that was before everything was connected on the web

 

[jedi]

Minnesota is gathering 500 volunteers to test out devices that will record their mileage data and provide it to the Government for taxing purposes.

They claim that as more and more people buy fuel-efficient cars, that tax revenues from a Gasoline Tax will no longer be enough to repair the roads.

Mn/DOT to test driver's 'mileage tax' | kare11.com

Any incentives to be the testers for minnesota? R those people dumb up there?

 

[rjstew317]

Any incentives to be the testers for minnesota? R those people dumb up there?

redundant question?

 

[iwearcowboyboots]

Any incentives to be the testers for minnesota? R those people dumb up there?

Well, they voted for Bachmann...

 

[jbombelli]

It's about time, I should not have to pay the same amount of tax driving 6 miles to work as someone driving 50 miles to work.

I hope you realize the guy who drives 50 miles to work buys a lot more gas than you do, and therefore pays a lot more gasoline taxes than you do.

 

[E5RANGER375]

There is no limit to the depths these rats will sink to steal from us.

BINGO! and people just lay down and take it. unbelievable

 

[Magneto]

This just goes to show that government will screw us every way they can. Bunch of BS to me. Government never does without less, and expects us to every day.

 

[rambone]

Any incentives to be the testers for minnesota? R those people dumb up there?

Sounds like they bribe the testers with some kind of financial compensation out of the taxpayers' piggy bank.

 

[littletommy]

The sad thing is, when they begin "testing", we'll be seeing news clips of some idiot "test subject" smiling from ear to ear like they are doing something great for society. God I hope the mayans are right.

 

[iwearcowboyboots]

God I hope the mayans are right.

I hope to dog they aren't. I still have a few things left on my bucket list. I was seriously hoping for another good 8 to 10 years. If it all ends december of next year, I am pretty sure at least two of those (getting south of 400lbs and losing my virginity) will not get checked off.