If we all start driving electric cars, how will the government collect gasoline tax?
By Cars & Motorcycles on Apr 29, 2009 with Comments 7
Obama Hood – Spread the Wealth asked: An electric car does not use gasoline. So how can those who drive hybrids and other electric vehicles be charged for using the road. do they get a free pass? Or will be all be tagged with GPS monitors and the government will know where we are and what we are doing 100% of the time?
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the end of your question is the answer…..they are the government, they will tax people any way possible to get money to pay for their way of living.
If there was little or no federal revenue from gas tax, the federal government would probably instill a use tax; for example making all interstate highways toll roads, much like they do in South Korea. States and would probably increase registration/license fees for vehicles.
You needn’t worry about the government finding ways to impose taxes; it’s the only thing they’ve been successful at to date.
they will find a way to tax us. these big business barons are clever sneaky people. they only want our money. this makes them feel powerful and big.
for now they want fuel to be used so they can make money with the refining process. oil barons make up the bush and cheney family. these people are making millions every minute.
they’ll tax the coal electric power plants use to generate the electricity
they would probity make people have a special meter installed at there home where you plug it in to be charged and charge you for it. that would be one way. believe me, they would figure out a way to get in to your pocket book.
They use tolls on the highways and bridges already. Also, they would just place a energy tax on power plants, thus forcing the power companies to pass that cost onto us, raising the price of a Kwh.
Big brother is already tracking us, they can locate you through the On-Star Navigation system, many criminals have been caught using it, if you miss a payment on your car they just call On Star tell them to not let your car start. The EZ-Pass and such can track your travels when you pay tolls with it. Almost all phones use a GPS nowadays, thats another means of tracking people. They have given criminals the new “smart phones” saying they won a sweepstakes and track them through the GPS on the phone. If your phone doesn’t have a GPS they can track you by your signal and what cell towers you connect to, which you can’t control.
Shaddog:
its called an electric meter…the meter man comes to your house and takes a reading, the company then charges you base on use. Thats how you get your electric bill.