Oregon Considers a Milage Tax Tracked by Satelite
This is a story that should have all of the “George Bush is spying on the American people” people up in arms. But it won’t. Oregon is the latest state to consider a tax on drivers based on how many miles they drive. They have a unique idea on how they would track the miles driven by their residents. The Oregon government will track it’s residents using GPS to determine how many miles they have driven and then tax them accordingly.
The Oregon state government claims that the GPS system will not be used to follow their residents to track where they go, just how many miles they go. Bullshit. This is encroachment on the residents of Oregon, this is absurd.
All Oregon drivers will be tracked by GPS and this is not a violation of their personal freedoms? This is not spying on the Oregon residents? It sure sounds like spying to me. Just because the spying will be done for a politically correct reason doesn’t make it any more proper than any other spying on the people.
George Bush was raked over the coals for his foreign surveillance program. He was accused of infringing on the rights of the American people, where is the outrage for this insidious proposal?
America's Watchtower 
They are not tracking people, but vehicles. Vehicles have no civil rights.
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Who’s driving the vehicles?
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Oregon has long been fertile ground for socialist nutcases. As a child, I remember Sen. Wayne Morse was a standout liberal. Oregon revels in its liberality, claiming to be “hippy heaven” in the 70’s, and indeed, there were plenty of them(us). Some still think they are stuck in the 70’s. Even my old aunts and cousins are non-thinking Dems. There is no doubt but that they will find a way to release individual driving records to divorce courts and other law enforcement agencies when presented by a liberal court order.
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This is a perfect example of why I will never have a GPS in my car. Or satellite radio, for that matter. Don’t want it, don’t need it. I’m not usually so paranoid, but in this case, I am. I don’t want anyone to know where I am. I can take care of myself. Thank you very much.
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