Top lawmaker wants mileage-based tax on vehicles

A House committee chairman said Tuesday that he wants Congress to enact a mileage-based tax on cars and trucks to pay for highway programs now rather than wait years to test the idea.

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Oregon looks at taxing mileage instead of gasoline

Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring ways to tax drivers based on the number of miles they drive instead of how much gas they use, even going so far as to install GPS monitoring devices in 300 vehicles. The idea first emerged nearly 10 years ago as Oregon lawmakers worried that fuel-efficient cars such as gas-electric hybrids could pose a threat to road upkeep, which is paid for largely with gasoline taxes.

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Democrat congressman James Oberstar wants to impose a mileage tax on cars and trucks running on American highways now instead of waiting years to see if pilot programs work - and says we have the technology to do it.

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n response to the deterioration of our roads and interstates, our fine federal government and some state legislatures are considering a mileage tax to fund repairs and rebuilding efforts. The gas tax that the Feds collect on every gallon of gas has not been raised since 1993

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Toward the end of my article today about states looking at raising their gas taxes, I mention the million-dollar question for the future:

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