Read here. The Democrat spendthrifts in Congress need money, a lot of it. And as more and more people travel on bike, moped, electric cars and hybrids the DemoSpends have less tax money to play with. Thus, they are now considering a new mile-driven-tax to penalize those who were encouraged to go 'green.'
"Sen. Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is expected to make a recommendation later this year on whether the federal government should drop the gas tax and implement the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax...By requiring cars to be equipped with odometer spyware that will report to authorities how many miles are driven, government is looking to toss out the old gas tax for a new miles-driven fee...“The Left is always pushing for more and more regulations, and more and more taxes. Now an insatiable Washington is looking to tax so-called green vehicles in a Big Brotheresque way,”"