Big Brother Needs To Know Your Travel Patterns
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
When George Orwell wrote his classic “1984” he described people living their lives under the ever watchful eye of an all seeing and all-knowing government. Citizens were monitored at home and on the go. Welcome to 1984 – Nevada style.
The group supporting the advancement of the new taxing approach of tracking miles traveled is identified as the Nevada Highway Users Coalition. This coalition is mostly made up of highway construction interests, companies and unions, who are interested in being paid to fix and build roads. The fear is that tax dollars from fuel sales aren’t providing the resources required to finance the steady need for road construction and maintenance projects. If the transportation departments can’t collect enough at the pump, slide over and make room for government’s ride-along program, taxing you for what you drive, where you drive, when you drive, etc.
In the spirit of a true bureaucracy, the game plan for infiltrating your vehicle to work out the bugs in tracking where you might be going, how you are getting there and when you make the trips starts with a study . We are supposed to be comforted in knowing that the vehicle miles traveled approach to taxing isn’t intended to be an additional burden, but instead an alternative means of collection…you can also rest assured that the information gathered will only be used to tax you for your travel – no other government agency or non-government entity will be provided with the data gathered.
In the name of fairness, taking this approach of tracking citizens wherever they go will make certain that those who deserve to pay more for using roads will get to pay their fair share. Also by keeping in place the means to ratchet up tax revenue to keep those orange construction cones well-used…the vehicle miles traveled taxation approach will be there for Nevada road taxers to use.
They are looking for volunteers who want to be involved in proving their case, so don’t hesitate to step forward and join the throng of those who can’t seem to find enough ways for government to get closer and be well-cared for. The present methods of taxation can’t do enough so innovation is required, along with a willing public (or at least enough to get things started).
When George Orwell wrote his classic “1984” he described people living their lives under the ever watchful eye of an all seeing and all-knowing government. Citizens were monitored at home and on the go. Welcome to 1984 – Nevada style.
The group supporting the advancement of the new taxing approach of tracking miles traveled is identified as the Nevada Highway Users Coalition. This coalition is mostly made up of highway construction interests, companies and unions, who are interested in being paid to fix and build roads. The fear is that tax dollars from fuel sales aren’t providing the resources required to finance the steady need for road construction and maintenance projects. If the transportation departments can’t collect enough at the pump, slide over and make room for government’s ride-along program, taxing you for what you drive, where you drive, when you drive, etc.
In the spirit of a true bureaucracy, the game plan for infiltrating your vehicle to work out the bugs in tracking where you might be going, how you are getting there and when you make the trips starts with a study . We are supposed to be comforted in knowing that the vehicle miles traveled approach to taxing isn’t intended to be an additional burden, but instead an alternative means of collection…you can also rest assured that the information gathered will only be used to tax you for your travel – no other government agency or non-government entity will be provided with the data gathered.
In the name of fairness, taking this approach of tracking citizens wherever they go will make certain that those who deserve to pay more for using roads will get to pay their fair share. Also by keeping in place the means to ratchet up tax revenue to keep those orange construction cones well-used…the vehicle miles traveled taxation approach will be there for Nevada road taxers to use.
They are looking for volunteers who want to be involved in proving their case, so don’t hesitate to step forward and join the throng of those who can’t seem to find enough ways for government to get closer and be well-cared for. The present methods of taxation can’t do enough so innovation is required, along with a willing public (or at least enough to get things started).
Posted by Doug Busselman at 4/1/2010 2:27 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: Fuel Taxes Vehicle Miles Traveled Study Nevada Transportation
Categories: Government
Tags: Fuel Taxes Vehicle Miles Traveled Study Nevada Transportation
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