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Originally Posted by flstf
The gasoline tax and/or the mileage tax seems to hit the people least able to pay more than the affluent. People who can't afford to buy or rent in close to the city or can't afford one of these fancy new cars will pay more.
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Ooh, you're right, I forgot about the regressive tax thing :-/
OK, how about this....tax cuts for fuel-efficient cars, car-pooling, and using mass transit, offset by massively higher taxes on inefficient cars and luxury vehicles?
This whole thing is kind of stupid, compartmentalized thinking, anyhow. So the revenues from gas taxes go down - big whoop. Supposedly it should be offset by lower health costs from polluted air. You're just shifting savings from one area to another.