It would be too hard to enforce something that big.....illinisprintfan

nothing is too hard for our beloved politicians if they think they can squeeze a nickel out of those of us who get out of bed in the morning and make this country work. it's coming and they'll find a way to collect the money. another thing that's in the works sometime down the road is doing away with currency and making all transactions electronic. that way when you have a yard sale or sell, for example, used race car parts etc. to a friend or in the classifieds, the government will get it's sales tax, as well as taxing that "income". that's all these socialists do is sit up there and figure out ways to screw the working american out of his money so they can buy more votes from those who don't. once they get 51% of the population hooked on freebies and govt jobs, the party is over. it may be now.

When I was in N.Y. over the Christmas Holiday's, the N.Y. State politicans wanted to add a tax to regular soda. It was to be called the Obese Tax, to the best of my knowledge the state residents started fighting this tax and it has not been implement at this. Tax soda because drinking too much of it leads to obese people, give me a break.

Next they will want to tax us for the number of times we brush our teeth in a day.

Enough of my off topic rant, gasoline is all ready taxed to much, a mileage tax scheme is ridiculous.

Patti

what you need to understand is that the government won't have to collect this tax directly. it will be the same as the sales tax. they made a tax collector out of me by requiring that i charge and collect sales tax, for my services, from my customers. I then, in turn, am required to send the money into the state treasurer by a certain date twice a year. the government does nothing other than open the envelope i send them and deposit the money. as of this july, i am required to do this electronically, so now, they don't even have to open the envelope anymore. if they decide to do the mileage tax, it will be verified and collected through the BMV just like they do when you sell a used car to someone. they collect the sales tax when the title is signed over to the buyer. this new task will, however, probably require that the BMV hire additional people to do the verification of mileage etc. so, now we have even more people on the government payroll that won't vote away their new "jobs".

I hope people on this board are paying attention to how fast our rights are being taken away! There are some bills being talked about in Illinois to say any gun owner has to have a million dollar liability coverage on the gunor he needs to turn his guns in. I know this board isnt meant to talk about ********,but if some people dont wake up and start researching what is going on there might not be a springtime to enjoy out hobbies.
I got my pitchfork ready. WERE ARE WE MEETING??????????????

If people had researched the political landscape before the ********, we wouldn't have a socialist controlled government right now. Wait until you learn what's hidden in this new bailout bill. you'll be astonished.

I may be getting old, but I still know how to disconnect the speedo cable!

And the old Fishnman is still pushing for a Ted Nugent/Hank Williams Jr. ticket!

Patti, Ohio already has a "soda" tax. I don't think it had much effect on the obesity rate in Ohio. I'm all for taxes....... I think that everyone should be taxed, and no one should get directly reimbursed. Seems like the only ones paying taxes are the people who can't pay accountants and politicians or actually work.

The "soda" tax will be wrapped up in a bottle/can deposit charge like they have in Michigan

However you can only return the bottle/can to the place you bought it because the machines are set up if they do not carry that item they can not refund the container (even know all the containers just go to one central location) also if you crush your cans to save space or the label comes off your bottle it will not be able to read the bar code and no refund is issued and the gov't keeps the tax

I urge people to look into third parties because the top two are getting closer and closer is reality (no matter what they say to hide it) Through out time there has always been more then one choice it was not until we were flooded with mass media that it was determined that only two parties need reconized and of those parties only certian canadates need covered.

One of the reasons for this type of tax is due to hybrids and other fuel efficient vechicles. These vechicles use less taxed gas. Less taxed gas=less road monies. However, you would still have roads being used by the hybrid vechiles. THe question becomes how do you fund the roads that we need without the gas tax.

Here is a good article from Oregonhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...agetax05m.html

Just remember, we are presently paying for cars we can't buy, because the banks we bailed out won't loan us money.. Now we are rewarding those who don't pay their bills, by having us who work are butts off do it.

This definately wouldn't be a country Jefferson, Franklin , or Washington would recognize. It is a shame self reliance is looked down upon.

The tax situation is the worst. I have to live within my means, as the government lives beyond its means.