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Jaspar, I believe the Danes also proposed a VMT tax which died an early death.

Many of the gas tax proposals I've seen have tried to link gas tax increases with decreases in SS or other income taxes, rather than relief from other "car taxes". Most states don't tax "cars". That sort of nullifies my argument that increase in gas taxes can accommodate future infrastructure costs, although what i am trying to argue is even a 5-10 cent increase in gas tax would cover those costs.

States moving to a car tax where you aren't taxed based solely on valuation, but rather engine displacement/MPG would be interesting. Would make old pickups/trucks really expensive to keep and hard to see it getting much support in rural areas. But it would be nice if the Virginia car tax, for instance, did give you some bonus for not driving much, rather than opening a crappy 10 year old car.

by charlie on Mar 28, 2010 1:40 pm • link • report