Quote:O come on, it's not that bad?
By the way, MEAT....you know how to pick your subjects for a new thread....the last three 100+ reaction thread were yours. Isn't there some kind of prize for that?
I see things happening around me that bother me, so I voice my opinion about them on these forums, but apparently (and thankfully), I am not the only one whom is bothered.
Here is another one for you. This little piece says that taxing people for the miles they drive instead of a flat tax on gas will help pay for bridges and roads and is inevitable. Here is a quote I found very interesting:
Quote:A tentative plan in Massachusetts to use GPS chips in vehicles to charge motorists by the mile has drawn complaints from drivers who say it's an Orwellian intrusion by government into the lives of citizens. Other motorists say it eliminates an incentive to drive more fuel-efficient cars since gas guzzlers will be taxed at the same rate as fuel sippers.
If Congress has indeed been toying with this idea for awhile, and it is "inevitable", then this is just another step toward what I've been talking about since the creation of this topic: Control. That is the real issue here, not neccessarily Republic vs Socialism, but who controls your life and how you live it. Do you really want a GPS notifying Congress where you are and have been at all times?
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin