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Originally Posted by JSH
The "sin" is driving. Consuming gasoline isn't required to drive and even with a gasoline vehicle it isn't proportional to the amount of mile driven. My 15 mpg Astro Van takes up the same amount of road space as my 35 mpg VW Sportwagen.
If we don't want people to drive then charge them by the mile.
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Your VW doesn't "pound the pavement" the same way your Astro does. Charge them by the pound/mile. GVW.
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Originally Posted by JSH
The fuel tax isn't cutting it and it hasn't matched transportation infrastructure costs for decades. Charging some one that drives a 20 mpg vehicle twice as much as someone that drives a 40 mpg vehicle is fundamentally unfair. It is time for a change.
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The fuel tax has been the same cents per gallon since either 93 or 98. It needs to go up. And my Fit hurts the road less per mile than a Suburban, so I'm okay with SUVs paying more than I do. They
could have bought something less damaging.