Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) wants to tax fuel efficient cars. This from a guy who created the whole civilian Hummer idea and still drives one of the 11 mpg trucks.
If you drive a fuel efficient car, you don't buy as much gas. So you don't pay as much in gasoline taxes. Rising gas prices have driven people to fuel efficient cars. So now California's road budget is $5.4 billion short and the highway folks are behind on 6,000 projects.
The Schwarzenegger administration wants to start taxing people by the mile -- instead of the gallon. This way, someone driving a hybrid would pay as much as, well the Governator. (The San Diego Channel via Yahoo!)
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