Sen. Introduces Bill To Test Out Taxing Motorists For Every Mile They Drive

Sen. Introduces Bill To Test Out Taxing Motorists For Every Mile They Drive

My father is a small business owner and entrepreneur, his work includes covering hundreds of miles of territory. California is on the brink of passing a law to tax per mile driven… that would destroy businesses like my fathers and cause more small businesses to go extinct.

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BUENA PARK (CBSLA.com) – The California Legislature is looking at a voluntary program that would tax motorists for every mile they drive.

KCAL9’s Bobby Kaple reports that Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, introduced a bill to test out the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax because the state’s gas tax was no longer bringing in the revenue it used to due to people driving more fuel efficient vehicles.

The program is modeled after ones in Oregon and Washington.

“We want to do as Washington and Oregon have done in a much bigger state with much longer commutes…to make sure that we find out whether it would work, whether the public would like it or not,” DeSaulnier said. It’s unknown how much the tax would be, but Oregon currently charges its volunteers 1.5 cents per mile.

“All of those things would be determined. We would let the agency determine that because this would be a voluntary program,” DeSaulnier said.

Southland commuters were not thrilled about the idea of a VMT tax.

“I bought a hybrid…one, because of my drive. I’m very opposed. I drive to Brentwood every day from Burbank, and I am already paying more than I should be,” Carmen Smith said.

“So if we go on vacation and I drive up to Mammoth, that’s 600 miles. We’re being taxed on vacations?” Kim Robinson said.

We need to stop money grubbing politicians from squeezing out the little man by sucking money from the middle class and lower class’ already dry pockets.

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