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'prove it' is rightYou are the one stating elec car buyers were told they would get a 1000k tax break up front AND were told at the same time they would pay an extra tax of 100 bucks a year. Prove it.
and if you can't, a retraction is in orderYou are the one stating elec car buyers were told they would get a 1000k tax break up front AND were told at the same time they would pay an extra tax of 100 bucks a year
So you believe that if you buy an electric car you no longer have an obligation to provide revenue to fund the roads you drive on?
So you believe that if you buy an electric car you no longer have an obligation to provide revenue to fund the roads you drive on?
I would say it is the tax payer that is damned if they do damned if they don't.
No such obligation exists to begin with.
I would say it is the tax payer that is damned if they do damned if they don't.
I believe offering you a 1000 buck tax break without at the same time informing the buyer he will be taxed a 100 bucks a year is deceitful and is typical socialism, give with one hand while taking with the other.
if not those who drive on the roads, who should be responsible for the costs of road building and maintenance
Pedestrians...bicycle riders...everyone...right? Perhaps they should eliminate the gas tax and tax every citizen on their annual tax returns for road and sidewalk maintenance.if not those who drive on the roads, who should be responsible for the costs of road building and maintenance
Pedestrians...bicycle riders...everyone...right? Perhaps they should eliminate the gas tax and tax every citizen on their annual tax returns for road and sidewalk maintenance.
Explain why pedestrians shouldnt. Bike riders. Im on your side, man...I say tax the **** out of all of them. No problem. The state taxed them during the sale, and taxes them during vehicle registration, and taxes them for the electricity to charge them...but hey...since they cant hit em with a commodities tax they WILL find another way. Tax em all...Bubba. Never let the opportunity to slip in a new tax go to waste.explain for us why electric vehicle owners should be exempt from participating in the payment of road use taxes
Explain why pedestrians shouldnt. Bike riders. Im on your side, man...I say tax the **** out of all of them. No problem. The state taxed them during the sale, and taxes them during vehicle registration, and taxes them for the electricity to charge them...but hey...since they cant hit em with a commodities tax they WILL find another way. Tax em all...Bubba. Never let the opportunity to slip in a new tax go to waste.
Not just the electric car users, though...right? Bike riders...pedestrians...and people that use public transportation. EVERYONE...right?good. i'm glad we agree
owners of electric autos should incur a road use tax
and the OP's lament is unjustified
The tax rebate was on the purchase of an electric car. The 100 dollar fee is a tax on driving that car on public roads. Those are two different things.
until you show us a cite confirming the state told electric car buyers they would no longer incur their share of the costs of on-going road maintenance, i call bull **** that is 'what the state led people to believe'
the dishonesty is yours, alleging the state to have expressed what it did not
Did the buyers know, going into it that were going to get slapped with a flat fee?
Did the buyers know, going into it that were going to get slapped with a flat fee?
Show us where the state informed these people tjat they would be smacked with a fee in leau of paying sales taxes.
Did the buyers know, going into it that were going to get slapped with a flat fee?
No such obligation exists to begin with.
Well apparently the state of Washington believes there is. If you drive on the roads of Washington then you are obligated to contribute in some way to their upkeep.
Their argument has no bearing to the transaction being undertaken and the payment they feel should paid. It also is an extremely weak argument for a fee not adjusted for the actual use of the item in question.
That's generally the function of government...to provide goods and services that are not easily provided as fee for service. Sure we could turn US roads and interstates into toll booth hell. Thank God we don't.
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