{"id":7514,"date":"2021-11-09T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:02:18","slug":"escondido-could-be-deciding-city-government-on-mileage-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7514","title":{"rendered":"Escondido Could be Deciding City Government On Mileage Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Andrew Morris<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kusi.com\/escondido-leaders-debate-sandags-possible-per-mile-tax-for-drivers\/\">SANDAG met last week in Escondido to discuss their new gas tax replacement bill<\/a>. The bill proposes a mileage tax on all motor vehicles to de-incentivize long commute times across the board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By nature, San Diego\u2019s decentralized structure prompts daily commutes starting at 30 minutes for many people, ensuring dilapidated and hole-filled roads for almost every driver. SANDAG has pushed to mandate a mileage tax to combat this, instead of relying on increasingly higher gas taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill has both strengths and weaknesses over the system current system, which are detailed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pros:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If put into effect, all types of cars\u2014including electric and hybrid models\u2014would be impacted, potentially lowering the current costs for fully gasoline-based cars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Older, less efficient cars would be cheaper to drive, making it less expensive for younger or lower income drivers to maintain their vehicle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The so called \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d electric and hybrid cars would have a slightly lower appeal, which would mean less need for li-po battery replacement after roughly a 20,000-mile lifetime.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such a tax would have a problem with implementation, a an almost indefinite government overreach would occur. Would you want your mileage tracked by the government? How often? Would you want to pay for it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheaper gasoline\u2014though it would make consumers\u2019 lives easier\u2014would result in more oil sales, and thus more revenue going to Middle Eastern countries, all due to our President\u2019s shut down of American oil riggings and refineries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exact specifications of the bill are unknown to the general public. A staunch increase in taxes could mean everyone is paying more, not just hybrid and electric car owners.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These cut and dry ideas create a clear dilemma for both citizens and officials alike, but other complications should also be considered. For instance, electric cars might drop in sales after such a bill, which would result in less funding for research into cleaner battery systems. This would return and bite the government, which is already poised to create sustainable and less harmful batteries with further studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, however, one could argue these systems are already heavily supported and subsidized by the government, giving priority HOV lanes, write offs, and tax reductions in many cases. A relatively small tax would not substantially deter consumers from purchasing electric vehicles, especially considering the following corporations like Tesla have amassed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, these vehicles still wear on the same roads, use tax-funded infrastructure such as stop lights and the DMV, and accumulate waste through battery waste and disposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all this in mind, many SANDAG members are divided in what avenue the group should take, but it is highly probable a decision for the measure would create a precedent in external communities, completely changing our current system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: J. Harry Jones\/ SD U-T<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Andrew Morris SANDAG met last week in Escondido to discuss their new gas tax replacement bill. 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