Infrastructure bill floats national mileage fee despite Biden's $400,000 tax hike 'red line'
August 3, 2021
https://news.yahoo.com/infrastructure-bill-floats-national-mileage-181500769.html
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.
Top White House officials emphatically stated for months that paying for the infrastructure investments by indexing gas taxes to inflation or instituting new electric vehicle mileage fees were hard red lines for the president on the grounds that they would raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 per year.
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Biden Administration Reverses Course A Second Time On Per Mile Vehicle Tax
August 8, 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2021/08/08/biden-administration-reverses-course-a-second-time-on-per-mile-vehicle-tax/?sh=22bca4027953
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill released on August 1 includes a provision that seeks to pave the way for a national miles-driven tax by funding the launch of VMT (federal vehicle miles traveled tax) pilot programs around the country. Contrary to previous assurances from the Biden administration, the infrastructure bill includes $125 million to fund the creation of VMT pilot programs.
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The Taxman (1966) - The Beatles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
I'll tax the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I'll tax your seat
(If you get too cold, cold) I'll tax the heat
(If you take a walk, walk) I'll tax your feet
(Taxman)
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Taxman (Remastered 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA
