Car dealers are amateurs when it comes to the bait-and-switch. The true masters of this art are politicians such as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He tantalizes empty-pocketed taxpayers whose pockets are empty, with lower taxes in exchange for higher ones. Of course, he doesn’t quite put it that way, much less explain what he’s up to, […]
35 Blog Posts From the VMT Tag
Virginia Tax Relief—Right!
• January 28, 2020 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Exhaust Sniffers, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSPECTION FEE, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, VMT, VMT Tax
Driving in America: Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Update
November 8, 2019 • 0 Comments • ATFI, Congestion Pricing, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, Technology, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VMT
Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association and the Alliance for Toll-free Interstates or ATFI are in agreement about tolls. ATFI recently emailed this newsletter out to supporters, outlining the latest tolling in America news from the summer and fall of 2019. The NMA has permission to repost its email newsletter in the Driving in America […]
The Road User Charge by Any Other Name: NMA E-Newsletter #555
September 2, 2019 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS TRACKING, Infrastructure, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax
We recently completed a series of newsletters (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) about the renewed calls for levying a set of surcharges–or thinly disguised taxes–on motorists to help rescue the Federal Highway Trust Fund. National calls are picking up in momentum for the implementation of a system of travel fees layered on top […]
Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 3—Regional and Local Efforts: NMA E-Newsletter #551
August 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, PRIVACY, Road User Charge, SAFETY, Technology, VMT, VMT Tax
In Parts One and Two of this series, Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we explored what is happening on the national level and in Congress respectively. Road User Charges (RUC) are also called Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (VMT) or Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF). A number of states are experimenting […]
Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 2—Congress: NMA E-Newsletter #550
July 29, 2019 • 0 Comments • DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Usage Charge, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO, VMT, VMT Tax
Last week, in Part one of Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we examined the efforts of various groups that are currently pushing road user fees onto the American public. (A road user charge or RUC is also commonly referred to as the Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax or VMT Tax […]
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