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Oregon looks at taxing mileage instead of gasoline

by savage ( 11 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at January 3rd, 2009 - 3:05 am

Well, well, well. Just another way to fuck us taxpayers in the ass. Get a load of this:

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.

Though the GPS devices did not track the cars’ locations in great detail, they could determine when a driver had left certain zones, such as the state of Oregon. They also kept track of the time the driving was done, so a premium could be charged for rush-hour mileage.

Jesus Christ! What else are these damn lawmakers gonna come up with next?