"What's the message they're sending?" he said. "With one hand, they're offering a tax rebate to get you to buy an electric car. With the other, they're proposing a new tax. It looks like money-grubbing."
What he is referring to is a bill in the Legislature to tax electric cars at $.0143/mile as a road usage tax. The rest of us schlubs get to pay at the pump by the gallon for roads, but since electric cars don't buy gas another method of collecting for their share of road upkeep is necessary. So c'mon Greenies, pay up and quit whining! You already got a $7,500 tax credit to buy your car but everybody has to pay their fair share for roads. We'll put a gold halo on your license plates, though, to acknowledge your sainthood.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/04/oregons_electric_car_owners_sh.html
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