The Mileage Tax

Privacy, what privacy?

Obama hasn't been President for long, but all of the big brother statists are coming out of the woodwork like maggots on meth in their mad search for new ways to take your freedom, your free choice, your privacy and, most importantly, your money.

Fox news reports that a number of states are now considering a plan to tax the miles that you drive. This would, of course, require a monitoring device be forced down your throat and into your car to tell the government where you are at all times and how many trips you take and how long they are. They claim that this will be used instead of a gas tax, but is anyone really foolish enough to believe that?

Oregon Exploring Mileage Tax Instead of Gasoline

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring ways to tax drivers based on the number of miles they drive instead of how much gas they use, even going so far as to install GPS monitoring devices in 300 vehicles. The idea first emerged nearly 10 years ago as Oregon lawmakers worried that fuel-efficient cars such as gas-electric hybrids could pose a threat to road upkeep, which is paid for largely with gasoline taxes.

"I'm glad we're taking a look at it before the potholes get so big that we can't even get out of them," said Leroy Younglove, a Portland driver who participated in a recent pilot program.