On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:51:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:15:21 -0500, "
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:01:26 -0600, Robert Neville wrote:

" wrote:

How would it be collected (with today's infrastructure)? They don't use gas,
so obviously don't pay the gas (road) tax.

It's not that hard - you just build it into the annual
plate/registration/property tax.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...-for-fuel-tax/

Sure, it *can* be done. The point is that it *ISN'T. The gas tax is a very
simple use tax, though. It'll be hard to beat. There would be a revolution
if people were charged thousands of dollars per year to register their cars.
It's not as simple as the leftists propose.


Right now, it is a benefit of going electric, but states are
considering methods of taxation. One method is to report miles every
year. If thee is a state inspection of any sort, that is not hard to
do.

Sure, but again, the natives *will* get restless when you hand them a bill for
$thousands. It's much easier to take it out $.40 at a ding.