{"id":319623,"date":"2021-03-26T15:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=319623"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:45:32","slug":"cyclist-transportation-secretary-wants-to-tax-americans-who-drive-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyclist-transportation-secretary-wants-to-tax-americans-who-drive-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Transportation Secretary Wants to Tax Americans Who Drive Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcyclist-transportation-secretary-wants-to-tax-americans-who-drive-cars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=319623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3789.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigeg has his way, Americans may soon have to pay a tax for every mile they drive.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-bike-share\/\">notorious cyclist<\/a>, said during an interview with CNBC&#8217;s <em>Squawk on the Street&nbsp;<\/em>that the idea of taxing drivers based on mileage &#8220;shows a lot of promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/cyclist-transportation-secretary-wants-to-tax-americans-who-drive-cars\/\"><strong>Cyclist Transportation Secretary Wants to Tax Americans Who Drive Cars<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-pentagon-pick-colin-kahl-denies-leaking-classified-information-on-social-media\/\"><strong>Biden Pentagon Pick Colin Kahl Denies Leaking Classified Information on Social Media<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/former-obama-nasa-chief-slams-biden-for-tapping-a-man-to-lead-space-agency\/\"><strong>Former Obama NASA Chief Slams Biden for Tapping a Man to Lead Space Agency<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats have suffered as cars become more fuel-efficient and cut into gas tax revenue. Buttigieg addressed this conundrum in his interview, saying that while the &#8220;gas tax used to be the obvious&#8221; way to increase revenue, it&#8217;s now time to consider the &#8220;so-called vehicle miles traveled tax, or mileage tax, whatever you want to call it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Buttigieg did not offer specifics about a mileage tax, similar policies have raised serious privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In Oregon, instituting a mileage tax required state-provided, GPS-free devices that plugged into cars, a move that elicited blowback from civil liberties groups that say warrantless tracking is a violation of privacy. A 2012 Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/565\/400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a>&nbsp;that the government&#8217;s use of GPS data to track location without a warrant is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Oregonians who don&#8217;t want a state GPS in their car have to&nbsp;keep track of the miles they drive, record annual odometer readings, or pay flat monthly fees of $45.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/31\/joe-bidens-claim-that-he-wont-raise-taxes-people-making-less-than-400000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> not to raise taxes on Americans making under $400,000. This will be difficult to square with a mileage tax, as many Americans making under $400,000 drive cars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigeg has his way, Americans may soon have to pay a tax for every mile they drive. 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