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Posted By: Adam Fannin
Tuesday November 17th, 2009 - 12:16PM
The State of Florida is recommending a form of fascism to better protect Floridians from themselves, again... WAKE UP AMERICA!
Written by Staff - Courtesy of: www.floridatrend.com
Facing a likely future of dwindling gas-tax income, some Florida transportation officials are promoting a new way to raise money for highways and bridges: charging motorists by the mile.
Called the VMT, or vehicle miles traveled tax, the idea is that drivers would pay depending on how far they go, rather than how much gasoline they pump into their cars.
The mechanics and pricing of the proposal are varied, but one experiment in Oregon used a global positioning device in a fleet of cars to track their mileage. That number was read by a device at the gas pump, which taxed the user accordingly.
The test resulted in more revenue than simply taxing gasoline partly because high-mileage cars ended up paying as much as heavy, fuel-guzzlers. The VMT has gained traction as the price of gas has soared, discouraging driving and spurring people to buy more fuel-efficient cars. In Florida, that has meant a drop of almost $7 billion in the five-year work plan, from $43.5 billion to $36.2 billion.
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