Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 22:05     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, I support the proposals to make EV drivers pay their fair share for road upkeep. They may not be paying gas taxes, which is how we’ve funded these programs to date, but they are still using and benefiting from the roads and should be doing their part.


+1
Looks like this thread isn't going the way OP had planned.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 22:03     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
They could pad the highway fund by calling off pointless foreign wars.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 21:37     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:It’s just another way to stick it to the leftist extremists with TDS for protecting the environment.

Trump and his boomer officials should pay a flatulence tax. White House fumigation will cost a mint when they’re 😵 or kicked out of their smelly seats.


Leftists aren't buying Teslas, their new customer base is MAGA.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 16:38     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
It’s just another way to stick it to the leftist extremists with TDS for protecting the environment.

Trump and his boomer officials should pay a flatulence tax. White House fumigation will cost a mint when they’re 😵 or kicked out of their smelly seats.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 16:01     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Are republicans going to also tax cars that get high MPG? These cars are not paying their fair share vs an F-350.

Also where is this money going to go? Will it on,y be spent in red states or given to Trump slush fund?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:58     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:I don’t own an electric car, but what I don’t understand is don’t the EV drivers pay when they charge their vehicles? Isn’t some of that money being passed on to states by the electric company? Why should they be charged twice?


Well in more advanced countries that is done. When you use a public charger it is billed to your home.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:47     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
I don’t own an electric car, but what I don’t understand is don’t the EV drivers pay when they charge their vehicles? Isn’t some of that money being passed on to states by the electric company? Why should they be charged twice?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:36     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:Furthermore, EVs subsidize gas drivers by not competing for the scarce amount of gas that exists. Electricity is nearly unlimited (if you can stop the AI datacenters)


Yep! Every EV that replaces an ice car reduces demand for energy by the equivalent of removing 3 ice cars. Trump and conservatives just keeping increase the cost of everything. While cutting taxes and subsidizing billionaires.

MAGA and conservatives are just so out of touch with real people.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:33     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Republicans want to raise taxes but refuse to tax data canter which drives up the cost for everyone. Also republicans started and support a war that increased the price of a gallon of gas by $1.72.

Why are republicans always taxing people?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:30     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Average EV owner drive 9,000-13,000 miles vs average gas car driver 12,000-14,000 miles a year. Average gas tax paid by gas car $73-93 dollars a year. Republicans want to tax EVs at double the rate of gas cars.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:18     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:Oh, and it was a bipartisan measure. Not just the GOP.


Signed,
Blue leaning Independent


Larsen is a useful idiot for the pil lobby. The rest of the Dems including other ranking committee members oppose his idiocy.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:07     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Furthermore, EVs subsidize gas drivers by not competing for the scarce amount of gas that exists. Electricity is nearly unlimited (if you can stop the AI datacenters)
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:05     Subject: GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
The US government already gives HUGE subsidies to gas car drivers, including trillion dollar oil wars, subsidies to oil companies, and not charging drivers to clean up their air pollution. Road damage is exclusively caused by huge trucks, not heavy cars (and by the way, giant gas trucks are heavier than EVs), and than this new tax is HIGHER than gas taxes
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Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:01     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:In addition to not paying gas taxes to upkeep roads, EVs weigh much more than ICE vehicles and their increased weight is more of a burden on roadways. And while they might not pollute the air directly, they charge with power that is usually based off of releasing carbon and more importantly the batteries that they use are incredibly toxic and almost impossible to dispose of in a way that doesn’t damage the environment.

+100%
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 15:00     Subject: Re:GOP Congress proposes a tax on drivers not polluting the air.
Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, I support the proposals to make EV drivers pay their fair share for road upkeep. They may not be paying gas taxes, which is how we’ve funded these programs to date, but they are still using and benefiting from the roads and should be dong their part.

Just get rid of the gax taxes and put up toll roads everywhere. Or, put a surcharge on EV registrations.

Also, $130 per year for an EV driver is nothing. They save more on gas in a year.

We have both types of cars, FWIW, and it's true, EV drivers also need to pay for road upkeep, especially as EVs are heavier.