I’m fine with a per mile tax as long as you tie it to eliminating the gas tax. The current system of funding roads through gas taxes is unsustainable (not to mention patently unfair) as you shift more and more vehicles to electric. There’s no reason to go full Orwell on the tracking though. Most states already have a yearly inspection so just make recording mileage part of it. Collecting the tax would then just become part of your yearly income tax calculation. Want to make it even more fair? Base the tax rate on vehicle weight since the heavier the vehicle the more wear it causes on roads. The EV crowd with their heavy EV’s will love that.
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