Dem-ruled states introducing bills to charge you for miles driven
Democrats have been fighting to outlaw gasoline-powered cars for years, passing laws ORDERING that no more gas-powered cars could be sold in their dictatorial states after a specified date.
But banning gas-powered cars was only the "nose of the camel:" The eventual goal was to replace all private cars with dat faaabulous public transit! Cuz ebrybuddy luuvvves dat public transit, right?
Of course the kingly pols would still have their state cars (and state-paid drivers), cuz dey iz way too impo'tant to have to travel by dat faaaabulous public transit, right? You, on the other hand...
But an unexpected thing happened: even after the Democrats rammed thru a LAW paying car makers $7,500 per EV (thus lowering the price buyers would have to pay), most car buyers told the gummint to shove EVs up their ass. Now billions of dollars worth of EVs sit un-sold on dealers' lots. Plus, the batteries rarely last over five years, and replacing 'em costs a fortune.
Something else happened: we elected a Republican president and congress, and they stopped forcing taxpayers to pay car makers the $7,500 subsidy. So now EVs got less attractive.
Democrats (i.e. leftists, socialists, communists) hated all the above, so Democrat-ruled states immediately started plotting to make ownership of gas-powered vehicles way more expensive...by taxing residents on how many miles they drive each year.
Rational adults quickly ask "How the hell would they know?" Easy: the electronics in modern cars report damn near *everything* to the makers, so it would be easy for the Dems to order the car makers to give the gummint those numbers.
For example, a bill in Massachusetts--introduced by Democratic state senator Cynthia Stone Creem--would require state bureaucrats to set "goals" to reduce the total number of miles driven statewide.
And how, you may ask? Simple: ORDER a limit to miles each person drives, and tax every mile over that. And how much? Whatever dictatorial Democrat rat-bastards ORDER, eh?
Because this is such an unpopular idea, Democrat politicians in Massachusetts are trying to fool voters by naming this bill the “Freedom to Move Act.”
"SEE, citizen? Dis faaaabulous bill would GIBS yew 'freedom' to drive anywhere yew want! Dere izn't a single mention of "tax" or "penalty" in dis bill at ALL, deplorable! Nope nope nope! Dis bill beez all about FWEEDOM!"
"Of course as you'd expect, there are a few minor...details. Obviously. For example, low-income groups wouldn't have to pay the penalty, cuz dat wud be unfair!"
Voter: "What's the cutoff for 'low income'?
Democrats: "Well that will depend on if you're a member of a 'historically disadvantaged group.' Cuz dat wud only be FAIR, comr...citizen."
Meanwhile in Democrat-ruled California--where EVERY state-wide officer is a Democrat (literally)--the state Assembly (legislature) has now approved a bill to “study the implementation of a mileage tax."
The bill--introduced by a Democrat Assemblymember--creates a study of "pricing programs" [taxing schemes], *and whether certain groups should be given exemptions.
Starting to see the pattern yet?
The NBC propaganda outlet in San Diego found a “transportation expert” who suggested the mileage tax might even be progressive, providing an opportunity for redistribution of wealth: “Maybe, based on people’s income, there would be ways for the state to give them some money to compensate them partly for the extra driving they have to do. So we just need to be more creative and to address equity problems as they arise.”
Of course good liberals in Cali are totally giddy about dis great plan! ORDER a tax of say, 50 cents per mile for every mile you drive over 8,000 per year. Since the average now is 15,000 miles per year, most people would cut way down. But if you drove just 12,000 per year and weren't a member of a "favored group, you'd have to pay an extra $2,000 in "use tax."
And yet the dumb voters in Cal keep voting for these rat-bastard Democrats.
Source.
https://spectator.org/blue-states-are-moving-legislation-forward-to-restrict-how-much-you-can-drive/
