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Old 05-03-2011, 11:09 PM
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This is not necessarily a bad idea. (I know the 'big brother' alarmists will disagree). Roads have traditionally been built and maintained with gas taxes. By taxing gasoline, you effectively taxed people for the number of miles driven.

With hybrids and electric cars this is no longer an effective or fair way to pay for roads. A per mile driven tax in one form or another is needed. This way has the person driving 50,00 miles per year paying more than the one driving 5,000 miles per year. Various states and municipalities could adjust the per mile driven fee to meet construction and maintenance needs just as they adjust gas taxes today to meet those needs.

The advantage of a per mile tax is that we would all be aware of how much we are paying for our roads rather than having it hidden within the price of gasoline.