Sometimes, I just can’t summon the words–or to be more accurate, I can’t summon the words I’m willing to use on a blog read by my family.
New plan may tax U.S. drivers for every mile traveled, says Transportation Secretary Roy LaHood
“The traditional gas tax is not enough to shore up infrastructure.”
The administration just passed a $1.7 trillion dollar spending frenzy billed as “infrastructure” spending.
Tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increases in the gas tax, tax for miles driven, deductions for sales tax paid on new cars, increased fuel economy regulations, subsidies for rail, bailouts for the auto-makers, taxes on miles driven … …
It’s not that they don’t know what they’re doing, it’s that they don’t really care. The purpose is to funnel money to connected business and enterprises. That’s the only purpose.
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