On 06/24/2014 06:57 PM, Dennis Miles via EV wrote:
The gas tax was effective many years ago. It is insufficient now. Electric
cars are only a fraction of one percent of the vehicles on the roads. A
simple survey of the patterns of damaged paving on our roads will
demonstrate that automobiles are not damaging our streets. The roads are
damaged by heavy trucks. The automobiles, whether ICE, EV or hybrid, should
not be singled out for road maintenance funding. The trucks are carrying
goods which benefit everyone. Therefore the gas tax should be maintained at
present levels and a general sales tax increase should be enacted and
designated for highway maintenance. Perhaps the food for the families, or
prescription medicines could be exempt. (As is done in Florida)
Generally, I agree. But the fuel tax is not a bad way to pay for
roads. It used to work well before the value of the fixed tax was
reduced due to inflation. Even though they use much more fuel per mile,
that doesn't really offset the damage done by trucks. We should start
with much higher fuel taxes that are some fraction of the fuel cost
rather than a fixed amount per gallon. I fail to understand why that is
and has been such a political impossibility. People that worry about EVs
and other light vehicles "paying their fair share" either fail to
understand the problem or they are dishonest. Neither is desirable in
our officials.
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