Pilot plan to tax drivers per MILE hidden in Biden's $1.2trillion deal

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American drivers could soon trade paying taxes on gas at the pump for owing the government annual 'per-mile user fees,' under a new pilot program recently passed by the Senate in Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal.
The bill passed a Senate vote on Tuesday and will go on to the House of Representatives.
The massive deal puts $125 million toward exploring the possibility of a federal vehicle miles traveled tax (VMT) by funding the launch of federal, state and local VMT pilot programs.
It gives Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg the ability to award grants to local and regional entities 'to carry out pilot projects' of the VMT tax.
Both everyday drivers and commercial freight drivers from all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico would have to be enrolled in the voluntary program, the bill text reads.
© Provided by Daily Mail Schumer scheduled the vote for the massive bill for Tuesday, when it passed the upper chamber © Provided by Daily Mail Biden is returning to Washington from Delaware the same day The DOT would calculate drivers' payments quarterly.
It also calls on the DOT secretary to carry out a public awareness campaign on per-mile use fees.
A 2019 report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that a federal VMT tax could reduce damage to US highways and lessen traffic congestion by encouraging trucking companies to 'change what kinds of trucks they used or where or when they drove.'
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However, adding it to existing federal and state gas taxes rather than replacing them may lead to higher consumer prices for everyday families.

Buttigieg told CNN in March 'that's not part of the conversation about this infrastructure bill' when asked about a VMT tax by Jake Tapper.
'But you will be hearing a lot more details in the coming days about how we envision being able to fund this. And, again, these are carefully thought-through, responsible ideas that ultimately are going to be a win for the economy, and need to be compared to the unaffordable cost of the status quo,' Buttigieg said.
It's a reversal on an earlier statement where the Transport secretary said a VMT tax was being considered.
Critics chimed in that that the tax idea from 'Pothole Pete' would considerably hurt people who own electric vehicles or who live in rural areas where distances where there are more miles between destinations.
'Tesla drivers will love this... also someone should explain logic of fuel tax to Pothole Pete,' @PadrinoBrian quipped.
Another Twitter user @varmin wrote: 'They’re paying the tax already, it’s attached to the fuel cost. While the millionaire driving the electric Tesla isn’t paying anything.'
Meghan McCain was among those criticizing his comments, calling the tax idea a way to 'completely screw over' lower income Americans.
'Truly brilliant want to completely screw over lower income and middle class Americans!' McCain tweeted.
'And every single person living in a rural area who has to drive far to get places! Just brilliant Pete, truly.'
Some VMT tax opponents are concerned that replacing existing gas taxes would lessen the appeal of electric vehicles.

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table: The vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax pilot program would need to test people in all 50 states as well as DC and Puerto Rico


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The vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax pilot program would need to test people in all 50 states as well as DC and Puerto Rico







Biden signed an executive order earlier this month aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric.
In April of this year 31 of commercial and public transportation groups including UPS and the Association of American Railroads signed onto a letter to the House Transportation and Senate Environment and Public Works committees in favor of VMT taxes.
'Motor fuel tax receipts are not keeping pace as vehicles become more fuel-efficient and use of new electric vehicles surges,' they write. 'This decline in motor fuel tax receipts will continue.'
They added that a large government-owned fleet like USPS would be 'an ideal testbed' to pilot a national VMT tax.


There is never enough money for teh massive DPST maw - which they have no plans to repay - just declare marxist tyranny and bankruptcy for America. The USGNP for 2020 did not quite reach 5.4 $ trillion - and fiden has already spent that on communist ideology to inflict on america



And use trillions to Tax and spend - and indoctrinate condition Americans like pavlov dogs to do the nomenklatura bidding


From my cold dead hands - DPSTS!

Goodbye trucking industry. Maybe that’s why Trumka suddenly died.

Isn’t a lot of this aimed at electric cars, who pay no road tax because they don’t buy gas or diesel.

Isn’t a lot of this aimed at electric cars, who pay no road tax because they don’t buy gas or diesel. Originally Posted by Jackie S

normally this would be for electrics, but ICE vehicles are included in this bankrupt legislation.


I don't see how they're going enforce this, you'd need a computer in a vehicle to track this.

Goodbye trucking industry. Maybe that’s why Trumka suddenly died. Originally Posted by bambino

The trucking industry would just have to charge that much more per mile to deliver the goods......pass it on to the consumer

Any idea of how much a mile this tax would cost?

This is about like a tax that was being talked about a few years ago of placing a tax or fee on each page visited on the internet. Damn I’d be broke if that happened.

Businesses have been reporting mileage for years as a deduction.

I don't see how they're going enforce this, you'd need a computer in a vehicle to track this. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Bingo.. what do you think the plan is... lol.

They're going to mandate tracking devices. This is bullshit... if they are going to tax people on miles driven then they should give people the ability to decide on which programs their tax money gets used. I have been reliably informed that paying taxes is a duty and benefits us all, therefor, everyone pays a share whether they drive on the roads or not.

I pay taxes for DISD to graduate illiterates but don't have kids in the system... why am I taxed then?

This is just part of the Democrats goal to reduce private ownership of vehicles and push people onto trains and buses... you know where they can check you vax passport and control your movement easier.

Just one more brink in the wall of neo-feudalism.

Chips in everyone of course ,,,,
But really this is the Green new deal hiding in tax s