Scott M. Kozel wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote:
>
>>Scott M. Kozel wrote:
>>
(Brent P) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The reason to tax this way IMO is to allow the logging of where people go
>>>>and when.
>>>
>>>That's it. So that people can be tracked every inch of the way.
>>>Thanks but no thanks...
>>
>>I see no other purpose for it. And to those who would shout 'paranoid',
>>nobody would be 'watching'. When a person did something the government
>>didn't like, say become a political threat to those in power, complain
>>too much, or other wise need to be discredited, the data would be mined
>>for something that could be useful or twisted to be useful.
>
>
> With today's database management system technology, it would be a snap
> to compile all that data and to make it available at their fingertips to
> a future government administration that wanted for nefarious reasons to
> track their citizens every inch of the way. It's not worth the risk.
>

I 100% agree, and besides, as others have pointed out, a fuel tax
accomplishes the same thing with some other side benefits (encouraging
conservation of fuel as well as raising funds for road maintenance)

nate

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