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  • onwebcam
    Fake Nick 1.0
    • Oct 2005
    • 27689
    #1

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    WA rep says tax bike sales, cyclists add to pollution

    http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Wash-r...194553321.html
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    • kane
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Aug 2001
      • 20684
      #2
      Here in Oregon they are trying to add a tax on electric and hybrid cars. They are claiming that because these cars use less (or no) gas then the state is getting less tax revenue so they have to make it up somehow.

      It is pretty pathetic.

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        • AdultPornMasta
          Confirmed User
          • May 2012
          • 1506
          #3
          Originally posted by kane
          Here in Oregon they are trying to add a tax on electric and hybrid cars. They are claiming that because these cars use less (or no) gas then the state is getting less tax revenue so they have to make it up somehow.

          It is pretty pathetic.
          Electrics and hybrids do use less fuel, so they pay less or no road tax. Highway maintainence is funded by fuel tax.

          Anything that drives on the roads should pay.

          "The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

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            • kane
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Aug 2001
              • 20684
              #4
              Originally posted by AdultPornMasta
              Electrics and hybrids do use less fuel, so they pay less or no road tax. Highway maintainence is funded by fuel tax.

              Anything that drives on the roads should pay.

              To me is should be based on how much you drive, not how much gas you use. My brother drives 40 miles each way to work. He drives a truck and hauls tools and parts etc so he uses a hell of a lot more gas than someone driving the same distance in a commuter car. I don't think he should be forced to pay more taxes just because he drives a different type of car.

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                • 2MuchMark
                  Mark of 2Much.net
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 50991
                  #5
                  Originally posted by onwebcam
                  WA rep says tax bike sales, cyclists add to pollution

                  http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Wash-r...194553321.html
                  "who serves as a ranking Republican"

                  No surprise.


                  Originally posted by AdultPornMasta
                  Electrics and hybrids do use less fuel, so they pay less or no road tax. Highway maintainence is funded by fuel tax.

                  Anything that drives on the roads should pay.


                  As long as its a fair road tax, and the tax goes to building new roads or repairing existing roads, and the amount they pay is exactly the same for other cars in the same weight class, that is totally fine.

                  Most republicans though are in the back pocket of big oil will try anything to squash any alternative to transportation that isn't oil based.

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                    • L-Pink
                      working on my tan
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 39151
                      #6
                      Originally posted by MarkPrince
                      "who serves as a ranking Republican"
                      Stupidity is rampant in both parties. Rant about something else.

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