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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Why not make a road tax that's based on income? Make lower incomes exempt completely, and have wealthy families with multiple vehicles pay more
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They should just roll the gas tax/road tax into a sales tax when new vehicles are purchased. This way the government collects based on new vehicle purchases whether they are gasoline, electric, hydrogen, whatever future source of fuel exists. They can structure the tax on a sliding scale so that larger vehicles and/or more expensive vehicles are taxed at a higher rate. This reduces the tax on lower incomes as they tend to be consumers of used vehicles instead of new vehicles.