DaveinOlyWA
Well-known member
we can no longer use "picking on the poor" as an excuse to not institute penalties against low mileage vehicles. We need to leverage people into mass transit, car sharing and highly efficient modes of transportation.
Extreme measures can be tempered with a penalty/reward system. Reward the good, penalize the bad. Rewarding the good can be better. A way for all to fully realize the any tax break be it rebate or a roll over option, but the penalties have been weak or non existent.
if you want to drive a big car, you need to pay for it and the tax should be clear as to what its for. A sliding fee based on MPGs would work. Start at something high like 60 MPG and work from there so you either pay a little (Prius) or a lot (Suburban). EVs pay even less.
Extreme measures can be tempered with a penalty/reward system. Reward the good, penalize the bad. Rewarding the good can be better. A way for all to fully realize the any tax break be it rebate or a roll over option, but the penalties have been weak or non existent.
if you want to drive a big car, you need to pay for it and the tax should be clear as to what its for. A sliding fee based on MPGs would work. Start at something high like 60 MPG and work from there so you either pay a little (Prius) or a lot (Suburban). EVs pay even less.