Drivers will be charged based upon the number of miles they drive, as is being done step-by-step in America....
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Allegedly shelved, but we know how that goes.
It sits on a shelf until they actually shove it down your throat deep in some bill.
“Road charging,” as it is called in England, is widespread, he told AFP, as fiber optic cable has been laid along most English roads to help track vehicle travel by the mile so drivers can be charged.
“It has been on the European Union agenda for quite a long time,” he added.
And that would be the globalist agenda.
His comments came amid recent news of a radical plan to raise $200 billion by privatizing “the motorway network,” as Brits call it. The plan was presented to the three main political parties by NM Rothschild, the influential investment bank, British news sources say.
The Rothschild bank, called “an architect of several privatizations,” reportedly made its pitch in the weeks running up to the summer recess back on July 21, 2009. Bankers told leading politicians that the sale of the roads overseen by the [public] Highways Agency—all motorways and most “big trunk roads”—could help revive battered public finances. This is the same story Americans have been told.... "
I just thought you would like to know WHO is getting the $$$$ because that is NOT the way my morning newspaper (sob) reported it:
"Here is the problem with all this privatization. Nobody in the government or at Goldman Sachs is thinking about how ordinary people will come up with all these billions of dollars they claim these schemes will raise.
GS and the government are still living in this delusional state in which they continue to see the general population as a vast untapped pool of wealth which is theirs for the taking.
The reality is that all the money has been sucked out of society and poured all over Wall Street and all the added taxation and fees can do is shut down an already stuttering economic machine.
We are witnessing the fall of civilization, and like the collapse of Rome, rampant greed is the culprit." -- Wake the Flock Up
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Yup, readers, Goldmans SINGLE-HANDEDLY DESTROYED global government.
"Mileage tax considered for upkeep of highways; Technology will enable charging for road use" by Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post | February 7, 2010
WASHINGTON - Within a few years, a driver who pulls up to the gas pump may pay two bills with a single swipe of a credit card: one for the gas and the other for each mile driven since the last fill-up.
That may be the result of what many transportation experts see as an inevitable revolution in the way Americans pay for their highways.
Yeah, there is going to be a revolution all right when this entire looting scheme collapses at the hands of these greedy f***s.
They BLEW IT!
Their SLAVES in the West may go through the motions and take the dictates; however, other countries see them for the looters they are!!!
And now they think a Third World War will save their asses?
Go ahead, arrogant fools full of hubris; the USRAELI EMPIRE will END that much quicker!
The flow of the gas tax pipeline that has poured cash into one of the world’s premier highway systems has slowed as some people drive less and others choose more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Oh, yeah, and you DO WHAT the ENVIRO-CULTISTS WANT -- drive less -- and you are PENALIZED for that, too!!!
Maintaining that aging network and tackling the rush-hour congestion afflicting most cities will require billions of dollars.
Yeah, TOO BAD YOUR TAX LOOT went for LYING WARS and LOOTING BANKS, America!!!!!!
As gas tax revenue dwindles, federal and state lawmakers have an option created by innovative technology: charge the nation’s 201 million drivers for every mile they travel.
UN-F***ING-REAL!!!!!!!
And the POLITICIANS TAB is taken up by the TAXPAYERS?
F*** THAT!!!!!!!!!
And wasn't all this ELECTRIC EYE SPY S*** sold to you to catch the "terrorists," America?
That prospect was raised last year by a congressional commission, a Brookings Institution report, and a highly regarded nonpartisan transportation research group....
Yeah, and WE ALL HATED THEIR GLOBALIST PLAN which is why the TALK went away -- but not the planning because the fight is never over until they destroy themselves.
So keep looting, Goldmans, and keep warring, Empire. I'll see you in hell!
But getting the public and its elected officials to accept that idea may be a tough sell.
That HASN'T SEEMED to MATTER MUCH for a LONG TIME, so why would it now?
It is a change that could spark more debate than health care reform, as federal and state policymakers weigh the use of pioneering technology against expected opposition from those who fear an invasion of their privacy and view paying per mile of road use as a form of taxation....
The need for transformation in the way Americans pay for highways is in large measure the result of what they drive and how much.
Pennies per gallon paid at the pump have provided much of the tax revenue that states and the federal government have used to build and repair 8.5 million lane miles of roadway.
When have they REPAIRED ANYTHING?
Most of the roads and highways around here are SHIT!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, there is a sign telling us how great the stimuloot has made everything, but....
Yup, YOUR TAX MONEY at WORK, America!!!!
Since 1993, the federal government has collected a tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, while state rates range from 8 cents in Alaska to 46.6 cents in California. When the taxes are combined, Americans pay 46.9 cents on average....
And they are STILL BANKRUPT?
WHO is LOOTING the HIGHWAY FUND, 'eh?
Money went to WARS like it did the ENTIRE BUSH YEARS, huh?
And NOW they want MORE of YOUR MONEY so LOOTING GOLDMANS and OTHER BANKS can BENEFIT rather than YOU, taxpayers -- as if state control over transit was benefiting you!
Remember, I'm from Massachusetts, so I know!
“As vehicles become more fuel-efficient, revenue from gas taxes falls,’’ said a Brookings Institution report coauthored by Alice M. Rivlin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. “A more sustainable solution . . . is road-use pricing.’’
Sustainable for WHO?
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Yeah, NOT YOU, public.
Btw, we ALREADY SPENT GOBS to BUILD THEM; why must we PAY to USE THEM?
Another case where someone does the "RIGHT THING" and STILL GETS SCREWED:
“I wanted to do something good,’’ the elder Harker, 67, said wistfully of his land donation. “But all it’s been since has been a big pain in the rear.’’
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