Minnesotas Proposed Gas Tax Plan

[Red Lion]

So Minnesota is kicking around the idea of having some sort of monitoring device put on the odometers of cars, so when a person pulls up to gas up, a sensor will be able to tell how many miles that the car has been driven in the statesince the last fill-up, and then tax at a higher rate as the miles driven goes up. Anyone here of something like this before? What do others think about it?

[ipscshooter]

Great, a new way to tax us. I think we told King George where to go over a lot fewer taxes than we are forced to pay today.

[kevin1]

It could be done, but the logistics of it would be huge. Every car registered in the state would have to be retrofitted with a RFID chip at the least, and those who register theirs across the state line would evade it. There's also the matter of paying for such a system and it's upkeep, not small potatoes and very difficult to sell to the voters.

[BenGarrett]

ORIGINAL: ipscshooter

Great, a new way to tax us.Â* I think we told King George where to go over a lot fewer taxes than we are forced to pay today.

Just for clarification, I believe you're talking about King George the III and not King George the W. We don't want Ifferd to turn this into yet another Bush-bashing thread, though I'm sure he certainly will find a way.

[Aught Six]

Yeah, I don't think that idea would go over too well around here.