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It's actually a subtle problem. With a fixed fuel tax rate, as the proportions change, you go from rewarding the early adopters to penalizing the poor. But additional taxes on fuel efficiency brings in transponders in all the new vehicles, because it would be un-Constitutional to collect taxes on out-of-state travel.
While I agree taxes are necessary and proper; Oregonians won't accept a state sales tax unless the income tax is reduced first, and that's not going to happen.
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