This is the solution. The bite is that politicians know it is incredibly unpopular, and in America penalizes rural voters who have to drive farther. Ideally, it would be assessed annually when you renew registration and amortized out as monthly payment (or possibly an option to pay a lump sum). Based on your cars mileage for the last year, so it would be a post paid tax. However here in Texas, we just got rid of inspections that verify your mileage, so it would be left to self reporting, which is notoriously unreliable.
People already pay it in gas prices. Best plan would be to remove it from gas now and at the same time get the mileage tax set up. That way drivers who majority drive has vehicles will be happy their gas prices went down. That of course relies on gas companies not immediately raising profits and keeping the price the same.
This is the solution. The bite is that politicians know it is incredibly unpopular, and in America penalizes rural voters who have to drive farther. Ideally, it would be assessed annually when you renew registration and amortized out as monthly payment (or possibly an option to pay a lump sum). Based on your cars mileage for the last year, so it would be a post paid tax. However here in Texas, we just got rid of inspections that verify your mileage, so it would be left to self reporting, which is notoriously unreliable.
People already pay it in gas prices. Best plan would be to remove it from gas now and at the same time get the mileage tax set up. That way drivers who majority drive has vehicles will be happy their gas prices went down. That of course relies on gas companies not immediately raising profits and keeping the price the same.