{"id":352551,"date":"2021-03-30T18:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=352551"},"modified":"2021-03-30T18:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:16:04","slug":"buttigieg-backtracks-after-saying-mileage-tax-shows-promise-for-infrastructure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-backtracks-after-saying-mileage-tax-shows-promise-for-infrastructure-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg Backtracks After Saying Mileage Tax Shows \u2018Promise\u2019 For Infrastructure Plan"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-backtracks-after-saying-mileage-tax-shows-promise-for-infrastructure-plan%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=352551&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-4628.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg backed away from the idea of taxing vehicles on a per-mile driven basis, only two days after he suggested that the concept could be among a mix of methods used to finance new federal infrastructure spending.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buttigieg told <\/span><span>CNN<\/span><span> earlier this week that a mileage tax, which would involve levying taxes on Americans for each mile driven, was \u201cnot part of the conversation\u201d for President Joe Biden\u2019s infrastructure bill. \u201cJust want to make sure that\u2019s really clear,\u201d remarked Buttigieg.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buttigieg promptly followed-up: \u201cBut you will be hearing a lot more details in the coming days about how we envision being able to fund this, and again, these are carefully thought-through, responsible ideas, that ultimately are going to be a win for the economy and need to be compared to the unaffordable cost of the status quo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CNN host Japer Tapper, however, noted that the transportation secretary\u2019s answer on the mileage tax was \u201csomething of a backtrack\u201d from remarks that he made on Friday, when Buttigieg suggested that such a tax showed \u201ca lot of promise.\u201d Buttigieg, for his part, didn\u2019t dispute Tapper\u2019s characterization.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During an interview with CNBC on Friday, Buttigieg said that he believed a mileage-based tax \u201cshowed a lot of promise\u201d for the future, unlike the gas tax, a concept that he was dismissive toward as a long-term solution. <\/span>\u201cIf we believe in that so-called \u2018user pays\u2019 principle, 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 it. It\u2019s not anymore. So a so-called vehicle miles traveled tax, or mileage tax, whatever you want to call it, could be a way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.2903225806452\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A mileage-based tax shows a lot of promise, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecretaryPete<\/a> says about funding President Biden\u2019s infrastructure package. Revenue generation will most likely come from several different sources. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to think big; it\u2019s got to be transformative.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QY1JvWXXOA\">https:\/\/t.co\/QY1JvWXXOA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4R2CD6KaZV\">pic.twitter.com\/4R2CD6KaZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNBC (@CNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBC\/status\/1375460783358812160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although President Joe Biden just signed his first major legislative initiative weeks ago \u2014 a $1.9 trillion spending bill dubbed the \u201cAmerican Rescue Plan\u201d \u2014 the president is expected to make an infrastructure speech on Wednesday for a sweeping package that will <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-politics-bills-united-states-coronavirus-pandemic-edcf505e7f189411e842b8644ab0e644\">reportedly<\/a> cost trillions. The announcement is expected to outline some tax increases<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe speech tomorrow is about making an investment in America, not just modernizing our roads, our railways, our bridges, but building an infrastructure of the future,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. \u201cSome of it is certainly infrastructure, shovel-ready projects, some of it is \u2018how do we expand broadband access,\u2019 some of it is ensuring that we are addressing the needs in peoples homes and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said on Monday that Biden \u201chas a plan to fix our infrastructure and a plan to pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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