New Per Mile Tax on its way

[bboswell]

Thought they were already doing this by making every new road a toll road!?

[CEO]

This is just the governments way of easing the less inclined toward EV and public transportation. They're just trying to help guys.

[rolylane6]

They're making that unemployment check look better n better all the time!

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[txpitdog]

Or take the park and ride I suppose

[Drycreek3189]

I am okay with a per mile tax. Only after every fuel tax is removed, every tax when I register my truck and car is removed, and each and every tax that I pay to drive my vehicles are removed. Any taxes that currently goes to roads and bridges needs to be cut first.

Until then, no new taxes.

I say Son, stop smokin’ them funny cigarettes !

[wsteffen]

To me it's another screw the older, retired, people. The ones that worked all their life so they could afford to travel in their retirement.

[awry]

Yup. Tax thr "rich" will be the solution..

Agree ... thinking it will be income based ...

[Dusty Britches]

Here's the kicker - will it only apply to federal highway system or all public roads?

And, this will hurt the poor a bunch. A BUNCH. In my community the majority work wage jobs and drive an average 30 miles one way. The closest town is 10 miles and there are only a handful of jobs there.

This isn't about the "infrastructure". It is about the greenies. The environment. And in 5 years we will all look back and wonder where the h. e. double L did the money go because there won't be anything to show for it. Just like "rural broadband". Twenty years later and we still have NO system and NO plan in place to get affordable broadband to rural communities. Backwoods Africa is more connected than our rural areas.

[twosixteens]

Trying to figure out how this will work are we going to have to give odometer readings quarterly?

[bobc]

Trying to figure out how this will work are we going to have to give odometer readings quarterly?

Mileage report from when you get your inspection? Just a guess.


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[MadHatter]

Here's the kicker - will it only apply to federal highway system or all public roads?

And, this will hurt the poor a bunch. A BUNCH. In my community the majority work wage jobs and drive an average 30 miles one way. The closest town is 10 miles and there are only a handful of jobs there.

This isn't about the "infrastructure". It is about the greenies. The environment. And in 5 years we will all look back and wonder where the h. e. double L did the money go because there won't be anything to show for it. Just like "rural broadband". Twenty years later and we still have NO system and NO plan in place to get affordable broadband to rural communities. Backwoods Africa is more connected than our rural areas.

Gas prices are already hurting people I know.
People that live paycheck to paycheck, which is a huge % of America, are gonna really suffer for sure.

As to broadband, what is affordable?
It's available in most rural areas(speaking of Texas), and growing by leaps and bounds with the exception of extremely remote areas here and there.
I mean we don't even have 100% cellular coverage, and we're 20 yrs into that industry, with trillions having been spent to get to where we are.
Also this isn't something easily remedied, without it costing billions/trillions to service a relatively small group of people, when you're talking about the US as a whole.
The closest we've gotten, is Elon(starlink), and it is still in beta, but shows a lot of promise.

[DUKFVR]

Gonna have to disable odometer. LOL!

[CEO]

Trying to figure out how this will work are we going to have to give odometer readings quarterly?

They'll probably have an app on your phone that can track you. Something with a fun acronym. No smart phone, no problem! You can have a gps installed at a certified government facility...on your dime of course.

[TxDispatcher]

Here's the kicker - will it only apply to federal highway system or all public roads?

And, this will hurt the poor a bunch. A BUNCH. In my community the majority work wage jobs and drive an average 30 miles one way. The closest town is 10 miles and there are only a handful of jobs there.

This isn't about the "infrastructure". It is about the greenies. The environment. And in 5 years we will all look back and wonder where the h. e. double L did the money go because there won't be anything to show for it. Just like "rural broadband". Twenty years later and we still have NO system and NO plan in place to get affordable broadband to rural communities. Backwoods Africa is more connected than our rural areas.

I know where its going, they're sending hundreds of billions overseas to help our enemies grow stronger. And the other hundreds of millions are going in their pockets. After all, I haven't seen a politician yet who didn't enter the national scene and not make millions off of their $175k salary within just a few years

And there are still people who think their politician gives a rats hind end about them

[Dusty Britches]

Gas prices are already hurting people I know.
People that live paycheck to paycheck, which is a huge % of America, are gonna really suffer for sure.

As to broadband, what is affordable?
It's available in most rural areas(speaking of Texas), ....

No it is not. I have "high speed" satellite internet and it is not fast enough to run any of my programs for work. A co-worker who lives closer to College Station in the opposite direction has the same problem - once we are a few miles from the city limits it is gone. There is no other type of internet available.