Can anybody say BIG BROTHER or BIGGER GOVERNMENT? It’s really unbelievable that this is actually being discussed. People can say, it’s just an idea, but the fact that we are talking about it, makes it more than just an idea. Obama says he is looking out for the middle class. Who does he think this is going to effect? Certainly not the upper class who has money to spare! This would bring tourism for many families to an end! Nothing anyone in the Obama administration does or says surprises me.

That’s exactly what he wants, if you are driven out of your job, then you HAVE to depend on the government to live.  What they do not understand is,  If you, me, and everybody is unemployed then who will pay the taxes? The rich?

I can’t believe that an administration who claims to be out for the lower and middle class is even concidering this as an answer . I travel 100 miles a week to my job so I can afford to keep a roof over my family . If this tax is implimented I might as well just stop working and let Obama pay for it all . Or was that just a campaign promise too.

Interesting note:

“The mileage system would require all cars and trucks be equipped with global satellite positioning technology, a transponder, a clock and other equipment to record how many miles a vehicle was driven, whether it was driven on highways or secondary roads, and even whether it was driven during peak traffic periods or off-peak hours.”

Can anyone imagine how much this system would cost and what it might do to what’s left of the automotive industry?  Plus, it sounds like Big Brother inching closer and closer…. Muh Ha Ha Ha

They denounced the idea for now, but the thought is still alive and well.  As government pushes for more fuel efficient vehicles they also have a rising concern that a gas tax will not be enough.

We will be hearing more about this down the road, so to speak.  The timing is just bad right now, because the global economy is already in the pits.

President Obama’s transportation department slapped down a suggestion by its own secretary Friday that the government tax motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn.

They got enough of our money through the stimulus plan,so they say,its going for infrastructure.

it is just an idea they are floating around. i say they have to much fiber in there diet and have floaters for brains.

This would bring tourism to its knees.  Most people would stop driving to places on vacations.  If they chose to fly, then the airlines would raise their rates, because more people would be riding.  People don’t think about the gas tax, but they would sure notice the mileage tax!

“ the administration wants to think “outside the box” on how to fund America’s infrastructure” 
I thought this is what the stimulus plan is supposed to do.  Didn’t they just start spending a trillion taxpayer dollars on the infrastructure This would cause more damage than good, people would stop going on vacations, to conventions, or anything because the government would tax you on you freedom to travel.