Comments on: New Mileage/GPS tax – No Problem: How To Become Invisible To A GPS Tracker http://www.aboutitall.com/2009/01/07/new-mileagegps-tax-no-problem-how-to-become-invisible-to-a-gps-tracker/ -- An Oregon Perspective -- Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:42:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Darrin Mish http://www.aboutitall.com/2009/01/07/new-mileagegps-tax-no-problem-how-to-become-invisible-to-a-gps-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Darrin Mish Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:21:41 +0000 http://www.aboutitall.com/2009/01/07/new-mileagegps-tax-no-problem-how-to-become-invisible-to-a-gps-tracker/#comment-149 As long as there have been taxes, there have been people willing to evade them. GPS/mileage taxes are no different. Within days of such a tax's implementation, there would be computer hacks offering to make you invisible. Just another example of government bureaucrats trying to figure out how to get in your pockets. As long as there have been taxes, there have been people willing to evade them. GPS/mileage taxes are no different. Within days of such a tax’s implementation, there would be computer hacks offering to make you invisible. Just another example of government bureaucrats trying to figure out how to get in your pockets.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.aboutitall.com/2009/01/07/new-mileagegps-tax-no-problem-how-to-become-invisible-to-a-gps-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Kevin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:07:23 +0000 http://www.aboutitall.com/2009/01/07/new-mileagegps-tax-no-problem-how-to-become-invisible-to-a-gps-tracker/#comment-30 That's actually a very intriguing question. If GPS can be blocked then the GPS-based gas tax scheme seems like a non-starter. Someone on Blue Oregon suggested that a mileage-based gas tax could be done without GPS by relying on mechanical means - ala the good old fashioned speedometer. Seems like it ought to be doable and would avoid the civil rights Pandora's box that the GPS scheme appears to represent. Although if GPS can be blocked then perhaps it doesn't... That’s actually a very intriguing question. If GPS can be blocked then the GPS-based gas tax scheme seems like a non-starter.

Someone on Blue Oregon suggested that a mileage-based gas tax could be done without GPS by relying on mechanical means – ala the good old fashioned speedometer. Seems like it ought to be doable and would avoid the civil rights Pandora’s box that the GPS scheme appears to represent. Although if GPS can be blocked then perhaps it doesn’t…

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