Riding Shotgun, Uncle Sam
That backseat driver in your car? It’s Uncle Sam. And he’s there to watch your odometer.
At least that’s a possibility by the year 2020, according to a bipartisan Congressional commission researching potential ways to fund the upkeep of America’s roads. Among their ideas – installing an Orwellian tracking device in every vehicle and then assessing motorists a 2.3 cent tax for every mile driven.
The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission’s (or NSTIFC for short) report, “Paying the Way,” can be found here.
Flying Cars...Conspicuously Absent from the Commission's Plan
For those who do not have the time to drudge through 250 pages of chart-filled Government minutia, the Wall Street Journal has a more succinct summary.
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