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Maggie says:

Debbie,

It’s not about “punishing those who still want to drive gas hogs”. It’s about a clear invasion of your privacy not to mention your constitutional right to drive what is available to all of us in this country!! What a completely ignorant thing to say!!

Bob Napierala says:

Not one single taxpayer should have to cough up additional taxes. Washington gets plenty of tax revenue as it is. They need to live within a budget like the rest of America. If they can’t do that then perhaps those in charge of the purse strings should have to foot the bill when their fiscal policies put us in the tank.

Samantha says:

How about you tax the ignorant views of people like Debbie!!! How YOU Mrs. Debbie Nelson or anyone else can see that this is okay....sickens me! Yes, I will stoop down to the level of a child to inform you in simple terms that you are an idiot! This is America and how dare our ELECTED government officials to try to do something so ignorant! Punish those who drive gas hogs..... pathetic.

Mensah says:

Debbie, haven’t you heard of the Gas Guzzler Tax? People with cars that don’t meet the EPA standard for 22.5 mpg get hit with it. Put that on top of having to pay for more fuel, which is taxed twice in most states...If you really think Uncle Sam should tax ‘gas hogs’ more, prices on everything will start to go up more. Once they get that, they will try it on commercial transportation which will make prices jump even more!

Jeff says:

I am a General Contractor and must drive for projects and office time. It’s 150 mile round trip to go to the office. So since the price of gas went up I actually can only afford to go to it twice a week. Because of my career, I have to have a 4×4 truck to access projects and can’t afford two car notes and insurance so I can have a more efficient car. In this time, any increase in costs are unbearable. I can’t sell my house and move closer because it’s worth half what I owe, I can’t move the office because of proximity to work. Sad thing is, we are government contractors and a major cause for excessive cost is all the bureaucracy to get work done. The waste is insane and more revenue is useless.

Barb says:

By imposing a tax like this, or any other new way of taxing the people, only allows government to keep spending more money they don’t have. If you think about it, if someone kept giving you money, when you didn’t do anything to earn it, wouldn’t you go spend it? When families are forced to live on meager wages, they struggle, but they get by and most times, create better values. Is it too much to ask government to try this way of life? We’re taxed when car is purchased, when gas is pumped and when car is maintenanced. We pay for insurance on the car and in most states, pay tolls for use of their highways. How is all that adding up for you all? What will happen is we’ll turn to public transportation and the gov’t will reap the profits from that. P.S. Thanks for the chuckle, Leeyann!

Donna says:

I don’t believe the president likes our country. This administration is out to destroy America as we know it. Remember what the first lady said that “this was the first time she was proud of her country” when her husband was running for office. Everything they are doing is aimed at destroying America from within. When we don’t like what they are doing he encourages us to turn against each other ex: the bankers, car manufactures, the rich, those who own lg. Cars. If we want to save our country we need to stand together don’t let Washington divide and conquer. DEBBIE stand up for what ‘s right, instead of turning against your neighbor.

willienelso3 says:

To Leeyann:

A toilet paper tax? May not be as unreal as we think.

Mary says:

We pay their almighty salaries to sit and scheme up new ways to take our money! High food and gas prices, house values declining... This is like an additional kick in the stomach. My spouse drives 150 miles round trip for work. Do you think he finds this a LUXURY? NO! We do not have an option to move closer to work as we cannot afford it. We cannot afford to replace his 2003 Chrysler that has over 260,000 miles on it, because the additional car payments would put additional financial burden on us. He has to take over 3 hours out of his life a day driving to and from work: that’s 21 hours a week, 1,040 hours a year, for over 20 years so far. As “they” read this the dollar signs must be flashing before their eyes. We deal with the current burden, but now you cause additional punishment with adding an additional tax? We pay our taxes, and the fuel taxes pay for the roads. Believe me, the money the Gov’t plans to collect will be funneled towards other “pet projects”, not roads. Pres. Obama and cronies are full well behind this and you can’t tell me otherwise.

larry says:

Let’s try this on the vehicles of our elected officials first...lets see where they hang out!!

Chippy55 says:

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! This is what happens when you put a Liberal Tax and Spend Socialist who was a Community Organizer in charge! Notice how they call it the “Opportunities” act, just like Obamacare is called the “Affordable (lol) Health Care Act. EVERY TIME the Liberals want to hide a tax they call it something THAT IS NOT? WHere are the “opportunities”?? The mileage tax will be PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER! Don’t you Liberals get it?? Every truck driver and company will simply pass it on to YOU, food trucks, UPS, appliance trucks, goods and merchandise, EVERY THING! Just like these tax-and-spend Liberal Democrats ALWAYS claim to “tax the big corporations”, THE CORPORATIONS ALWAYS PASS IT ON TO YOU! ALWAYS!
Look at the cost for owning a vehicle: Registration Tax, Excise Yax on tires, Annual Inspection, Federal Gas Tax, State Gas Tax, Tax on oil changes, what’s next, taxing people who walk so they can repair sidewalks??
Natzee Pelosi lied about “pass the bill, to see what’s in the bill”. Well, high class restaurants in HER DISTRICT now get an exemption from Obamacare, as do over 1,300 other mostly unions, other companies, and THE ENTIRE STATES OF MAINE AND HARRY REID’S NEVADA! Did you get an exemption?? If not, YOU are paying for someone who smokes cigarettes, drinks, has cable, has $200 sneakers, but refuses to buy health insurance. Obama care has a NEW tax on selling your house, and also COVERS PETS for cryin’ out loud! That person who has 5 dogs and 6 cats in your neighborhood now has taxpayer funded health care for their pets, and YOU pay for it. YOU are also paying for the woman who has had 9 abortions.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

ted j says:

Kent Conrad Dem. North Dak. You should submit your resignation today for the ignorance you have shown by suggesting that tax (VMT) all your supporters should also resign. This was a call to the voters to remember all of you at election time, if you’re not going to do the honorable thing, we’ll do it for you!!!

Becky says:

In Oregon they are worried about tax from fuel because people are driving more fuel efficient cars. UMMM... the government is PUSHING people to buy more fuel efficient cars, so now that people are driving them they are losing gas tax. It’s a no win situation with Obama. Not everyone first of all can afford fancy new fuel efficient cars that can hold a whole family. They are saying as much as .85 per mile. It would cost my husband $70 a day to go to work, and that is only taxed miles. It doesn’t even count the gas we pay for. Obama, cut government salaries and quit finding ways to harm the innocent people.

Bill says:

Tracy,

Are you nuts? Do you really think that our tax-and-spend government would eliminate the gas tax we pay today? This is just one tax so they can give more away! Also think about this: they want a GPS in every vehicle. Not only tax us more, but track everywhere we go. Every day they continue to prove they are idiots and could care less about the people. Get rid of them!

dave jackson says:

We are already taxed by the mile... the gas tax is just that. The more miles you drive, the more fuel you use, the more tax you pay. IDK what’s so hard about that? Small fuel efficient cars pay less tax, big vehicles pay more tax... big vehicles are harder on the roads and pollute more per mile... what more can the government want?

Nathan Maher says:

Their Mind it’s late. Lol.