LaHood wants subsidy for gas guzzlers

Tax gas. It pays.

Nobody likes paying taxes, but at least the gasoline tax hits hulking fuel guzzlers much harder. That's how it should be.

Now Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood - one of the obligatory Republicans in Obama's Cabinet - wants to replace the gas tax with a mileage tax, which would in effect subsidize gas-wasting vehicles.

Instead of paying based on how much gas you use, you'd pay according to how many miles you travel.

I wonder which Big Oil lobbyists suggested this cockamamie idea.

Right-wing officials in several states have already proposed a similar plan - in the hopes of soothing their own affinity for gas guzzlers. How would they accomplish this? In Massachusetts, right-wing officials have suggested requiring cars to carry GPS chips to track not only how many miles they travel, but also when and where they travel.

So it's not only an economic issue but also a Bill of Rights issue. This clearly violates the constitutional right to privacy.

This certainly doesn't help encourage America to move to fuel-efficient vehicles, does it?

(Source: http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=105777&catid=14)