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The argument in favor of this is that the existing system is no longer working because people a buying and driving more fuel efficient cars which lowers the overall tax roll created by the gas tax. Changing the model to include taxes by miles driven would raise the revenue lost by this transition to green automobiles.
That said I'm opposed to this form of taxation. On one hand the goverment wants you to drive a more fuel efficient car and then on the other hand they want to tax for you driving it across the city... the government will take to support it's need to spend so make no mistake about it. This idea will not replace an existing form of revenue. It will come online in ADDITION to the existing form of revenue.
I'm opposed to any government mandated GPS device that tracks where I go, when I go there, how far I go to get there, and how long I stay. It gives the government too much of an opportunity for shenanigans and like it or not it won't stop with miles driven.
Do I have a better idea? You bet... The goverment must SPEND LESS... end of story.
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