Democrats Introduce Another Tax Assault on the Middle Class - Per Mile Tax

Beyond the very obvious flaw in this legislation, the fact that it doesn't account for fuel burned in standing traffic and only accounts for miles, this bill, if passed, will break many people. Just break them. Oh, and note it is to be monitored by GPS. Big brother tracking your every move. From the friends of the middle class, the Democrats.

A bill up for consideration in the U.S. House seeks to change the way highway users are taxed to fund transportation.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-OR, introduced a bill that would establish a federal pilot program to study vehicle miles traveled, or VMT, as a possible supplement to or possible replacement for the current per-gallon fuel tax. The bill, HR3311, does not specify what would happen to the fuel tax if a VMT program were established.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association believes that although a VMT tax has captured the imagination of some, it remains unproven, even as states like Blumenauer’s home state of Oregon continue to study it.

Blumenauer is calling for the establishment of working groups to study technology – possibly a GPS system – and other factors that would go along with a federal VMT program.