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2019-05-13 Home Front: Politix

It's all about the revenue-Illinois might start charging $1,000 per year to own an electric vehicle

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Posted by DarthVader 2019-05-13 10:43|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I do get that some people are actually stuck where they are. That said...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-13 10:45|| 2019-05-13 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Mamma always says stupid is as stupid does....

Posted by Texhooey 2019-05-13 12:44|| 2019-05-13 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 So desperate for cash they'll dump the environmental folks.

Unless they think taxation is the way to get more people to do it.

Posted by Bobby 2019-05-13 14:55|| 2019-05-13 14:55|| Front Page Top

#4 So ya got the feds subsidizing it and the state taxing it. Why gosh, that sounds like a scam!

Posted by SteveS 2019-05-13 15:08|| 2019-05-13 15:08|| Front Page Top

#5 "But, but,.. the Deplorable plebes were supposed to be paying for our virtue signalling!"

*sputter*

Posted by Frank G 2019-05-13 15:16|| 2019-05-13 15:16|| Front Page Top

#6 A hefty annual fine for failing to burn corn-gas and fuel tax avoidance. Pay up or move elsewhere.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-13 15:36|| 2019-05-13 15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Gas tax pays for roads (well what the pols don't spend elsewhere). Electric cars don't pay that tax but they do pay for the roads. It was inevitable the politicians would go after unclaimed booty.

Posted by rschwarz 2019-05-13 17:29|| 2019-05-13 17:29|| Front Page Top

#8 A hefty annual fine for failing to burn corn-gas and fuel tax avoidance

If there was a way to turn corn-gas back into food AND a Value Added Tax on each stage of the process, you could close the loop and create a perpetual funding machine.

Note: if you could turn corn-gas back into its original components, namely food and dinosaurs, that would be even cooler.

Posted by SteveS 2019-05-13 20:05|| 2019-05-13 20:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Electric cars running off of thermal power plants is stupid, ignorant, and delusional thinking. Cars running off natural gas, like commuters and municipal fleets make lots more sense.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-05-13 23:20|| 2019-05-13 23:20|| Front Page Top

#10 if you could turn corn-gas back into its original components

Methane. It's all about Methane.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-13 23:39|| 2019-05-13 23:39|| Front Page Top

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