Infrastructure bill floats national mileage fee despite Biden's $400,000 tax hike 'red line'
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"Transportation Secretary Pete Buttplug and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are directed to provide recommendations to Congress three years into the pilot's life cycle, at which time Congress could choose to pass new legislation implementing national per-mile fees fully as an established funding source for infrastructure improvements.
Still, White House officials disputed the idea that the inclusion of the pilot program in the infrastructure bill guarantees the establishment of a future, nationalized mileage fee and suggested that, depending on how Buttigieg and Yellen's recommendations shake out, the White House could oppose legislation implementing the tax."
"The mileage fee pilot program was first raised by Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware and Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia (WTF? a RINO) in a separate infrastructure proposal introduced in March."
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As written, the pilot program would be funded through 2026 and enlists volunteer drivers "from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" to test "any of the following vehicle-miles-traveled collection tools," including:
Great now Uncle Sam is going to get a snapshot of where we are going in our vehicles. Do they want a camera in my bedroom as well?
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"Well, first, let me say that, you know, the president's pledge was not to raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year," Psaki said on June 26, just days before Biden gave his blessing to the initial, bipartisan infrastructure framework. "The proposed gas tax or vehicle mileage tax would do exactly that. So that is a nonstarter for him. I'd also note, for the mathematicians in the room: That only raises $40 billion, which is a fraction of what this proposal would cost."
She explained on July 6 that "one of the core reasons why the president was opposed — vehemently opposed — to a gas tax and any tax on vehicle mileage" was "because he felt that would fall on the backs of Americans, and that was a bottom line, red line for him."
On July 9, Psaki, discussing rising gas prices, told reporters that "the president is quite focused on ensuring that we are doing everything we can to keep prices low for the — to keep the cost of living low for the American people, including the cost of gas. That's why he was against, vehemently against a gas tax, why he was against a vehicle mileage tax."
Does that mean he will veto the bill? Yeah Right!
Infrastructure bill floats national mileage fee despite Biden's $400,000 tax hike 'red line'
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure accord would institute a multiyear "national motor vehicle per-mile user fee pilot" program that, without future intervention from the White House, could potentially violate one of President Joe Biden's previously stated red lines.
"Transportation Secretary Pete Buttplug and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are directed to provide recommendations to Congress three years into the pilot's life cycle, at which time Congress could choose to pass new legislation implementing national per-mile fees fully as an established funding source for infrastructure improvements.
Still, White House officials disputed the idea that the inclusion of the pilot program in the infrastructure bill guarantees the establishment of a future, nationalized mileage fee and suggested that, depending on how Buttigieg and Yellen's recommendations shake out, the White House could oppose legislation implementing the tax."
"The mileage fee pilot program was first raised by Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware and Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia (WTF? a RINO) in a separate infrastructure proposal introduced in March."
"
As written, the pilot program would be funded through 2026 and enlists volunteer drivers "from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" to test "any of the following vehicle-miles-traveled collection tools," including:
- Third-party on-board diagnostic (OBD-II) devices
- Smartphone applications
- Telemetric data collected by automakers
- Motor vehicle data obtained by car insurance companies
- Data from the states that received a grant under section 6020 of the FAST Act
- Motor vehicle data obtained from fueling stations
- Any other method that the Secretary considers appropriate"
Great now Uncle Sam is going to get a snapshot of where we are going in our vehicles. Do they want a camera in my bedroom as well?
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"Well, first, let me say that, you know, the president's pledge was not to raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year," Psaki said on June 26, just days before Biden gave his blessing to the initial, bipartisan infrastructure framework. "The proposed gas tax or vehicle mileage tax would do exactly that. So that is a nonstarter for him. I'd also note, for the mathematicians in the room: That only raises $40 billion, which is a fraction of what this proposal would cost."
She explained on July 6 that "one of the core reasons why the president was opposed — vehemently opposed — to a gas tax and any tax on vehicle mileage" was "because he felt that would fall on the backs of Americans, and that was a bottom line, red line for him."
On July 9, Psaki, discussing rising gas prices, told reporters that "the president is quite focused on ensuring that we are doing everything we can to keep prices low for the — to keep the cost of living low for the American people, including the cost of gas. That's why he was against, vehemently against a gas tax, why he was against a vehicle mileage tax."
Does that mean he will veto the bill? Yeah Right!
