On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:50:44 -0500, "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@lycos/com>
wrote:

>Lets see if I understand this. I live in Oregon and I have two vehicles,
>one weighs 2,000 LB, the other weighs 3,000 LB. one gets 20 MPG, and the
>other gets 35 MPG, doing 60 MPH on the interstate. I pay MORE in gas taxes
>for the one than the other, per 100 miles driven, right?
>
>The one that gets 35 MPG has only two seats, the other seats seven. I
>have a wife and four children, all of us can NOT travel in the one that gets
>20 MPG. If I must take us all, 100 miles away, to my in-laws house. I
>need to make five trips in both directions with one, at total of ten trips
>and only one each way with the other, for a total of two.
>
>Now my question is, which situation would cause the most damage when I'm on
>that trip and should I sell the one that weighs 2,000 LB and gets 20 MPG to
>pay the per mile tax and keep the other because I have a wife on four
>children or should just keep the one that weighs 2,000 LB and gets 20 MPG
>and just leave my wife and kids, as well as Oregon?

Take the bus.



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>"Tim Howard" <tim.howard@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
>news:49658c18$0$5474$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net ...
>> Oregon looks at taxing mileage instead of gasoline
>> By RYAN KOST, Associated Press Writer Ryan Kost, Associated Press Writer –
>> Sat Jan 3, 7:38 am ET
>>
>>
>>
>> PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring ways
>> to tax drivers based on the number of miles they drive instead of how much
>> gas they use, even going so far as to install GPS monitoring devices in
>> 300 vehicles. The idea first emerged nearly 10 years ago as Oregon
>> lawmakers worried that fuel-efficient cars such as gas-electric hybrids
>> could pose a threat to road upkeep, which is paid for largely with
>> gasoline taxes.
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