{"id":321379,"date":"2021-03-26T20:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=321379"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:15:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:15:39","slug":"what-awful-instincts-buttigieg-torched-on-social-media-for-being-open-to-taxing-motorists-per-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-awful-instincts-buttigieg-torched-on-social-media-for-being-open-to-taxing-motorists-per-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What Awful Instincts\u2019: Buttigieg Torched On Social Media For Being Open To Taxing Motorists Per Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fwhat-awful-instincts-buttigieg-torched-on-social-media-for-being-open-to-taxing-motorists-per-mile%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=321379&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-3866.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was ridiculed on social media on Friday for expressing openness to a policy that would pay for President Joe Biden\u2019s massive infrastructure budget by taxing motorists for each mile they drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think that shows a lot promise,\u201d Buttigieg said regarding a mileage-based tax during an interview with CNBC. \u201cIf we believe in that so-called \u2018user-pays principle,\u2019 the idea that part of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive. The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do that; it\u2019s not anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, a so-called \u2018vehicle-miles-traveled tax\u2019 or \u2018mileage tax,\u2019 whatever you want to call it, could be a way to do it,\u201d Buttigieg added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4279475982533\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says taxing drivers by the mile \u201cshows a lot of promise\u201d and could be a way to fund a big infrastructure overhaul. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fkI5nWt7sr\">pic.twitter.com\/fkI5nWt7sr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1375448566865485833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many pundits took to social media to blast Buttigieg for floating such an idea, which many claimed would be a further burden on the poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruly brilliant way to completely screw over lower income and middle class Americans! And every single person living in a rural area who has to drive far to get places! Just brilliant Pete, truly,\u201d wrote \u201cThe View\u201d cohost Meghan McCain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.34328358209\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Truly brilliant way to completely screw over lower income and middle class Americans! <\/p>\n<p>And every single person living in a rural area who has to drive far to get places! Just brilliant Pete, truly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4IgJ8Nly5\">https:\/\/t.co\/z4IgJ8Nly5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1375503527464812547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPete Buttigieg is what happens when you put white, upper class Millennial residents of college towns in charge,\u201d tweeted The Daily Wire\u2019s Emily Zanotti. \u201cI bet he writes strongly worded posts on Nextdoor when someone parks their Prius in his bike lane[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5359712230216\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pete Buttigieg is what happens when you put white, upper class Millennial residents of college towns in charge. I bet he writes strongly worded posts on Nextdoor when someone parks their Prius in his bike lane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGDGrQ7CUt\">https:\/\/t.co\/UGDGrQ7CUt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emzanotti\/status\/1375505656636076033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHere comes a new tax that will hit the poor and middle class the hardest. Joe Biden\u2019s Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg says the Biden administration is considering taxing drivers for every mile they drive to fund their big spending,\u201d wrote congressional candidate Robby Starbuck.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7220447284345\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here comes a new tax that will hit the poor and middle class the hardest. Joe Biden\u2019s Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg says the Biden administration is considering taxing drivers for every mile they drive to fund their big spending. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrAPRxljl9\">pic.twitter.com\/TrAPRxljl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1375545001778765824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Biden &amp; Secretary \u2018Pete\u2019 hurting the poor and middle class most with \u2018miles travelled\u2019 tax,\u201d said Fox News host Laura Ingraham.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again, Biden &amp; Secretary \u201cPete\u201d hurting the poor and middle class most with \u201cmiles travelled\u201d tax. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykrQnuztZV\">https:\/\/t.co\/ykrQnuztZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IngrahamAngle\/status\/1375486963340427271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Journalist Ryan James Girdusky offered Buttigieg\u2019s tax idea as a great plan for \u201chow to screw over the working class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep 1) Make cities unaffordable for working-class people so they have to move to suburbs and exurbs,\u201d Girdusky wrote. \u201cStep 2) tax people for every mile they have to drive to and from work or to see specialists in cities[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.355555555556\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How to screw over the working class:<\/p>\n<p>Step 1) Make cities unaffordable for working-class people so they have to move to suburbs and exurbs<\/p>\n<p>Step 2) tax people for every mile they have to drive to and from work or to see specialists in cities <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gwY2ivwPmm\">https:\/\/t.co\/gwY2ivwPmm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1375561606327902217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis sounds like something made up by Fox News in order to paint Democrats as out-of-touch elitists,\u201d tweeted \u201cMinority Report\u201d co-host Emma Vigeland. \u201cWhat awful instincts lol[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3096446700508\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This sounds like something made up by Fox News in order to paint Democrats as out-of-touch elitists. What awful instincts lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTTay4rZrr\">https:\/\/t.co\/rTTay4rZrr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaVigeland\/status\/1375553608335364097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is what you get when you nominate a guy because he really likes trains,\u201d wrote Richochet editor Bethany S. Mandel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8516129032258\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what you get when you nominate a guy because he really likes trains. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ouWmzDhKuC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ouWmzDhKuC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethanyshondark\/status\/1375536022143008774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buttigieg recently testified on Capitol Hill that the country\u2019s infrastructure needs top $1 trillion. The Biden administration is preparing a $3-4 trillion spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-prepping-3-4-trillion-spending-push-democrats-likely-have-to-kill-filibuster-to-pass-it\">package<\/a>&nbsp;that includes infrastructure funding and other priorities.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10.788461538462\">\n<p><em>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.house.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Secretary%20Buttigieg%20Testimony.pdf\">testimony<\/a> to the committee on Thursday, Secretary Buttigieg said that there is opportunity at this current moment in time to provide funding for infrastructure needs. In written remarks, Buttigieg said, \u201cI believe we have \u2013 at this moment \u2013 the best chance in any of our lifetimes to make a generational investment in infrastructure that will help us meet our country\u2019s most pressing challenges today and create a stronger future for decades to come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-warns-american-infrastructure-needs-trillions-in-funding-in-first-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buttigieg Warns American Infrastructure Needs \u2018Trillions\u2019 In Funding In First Hearing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was ridiculed on social media on Friday for expressing openness to a policy that would pay for President Joe Biden\u2019s massive infrastructure budget by taxing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311232,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3866.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What Awful Instincts\u2019: Buttigieg Torched On Social Media For Being Open To Taxing Motorists Per Mile","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3866.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What Awful Instincts\u2019: Buttigieg Torched On Social Media For Being Open To Taxing Motorists Per Mile","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}