Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., said he believes the technology exists to implement a mileage tax. He said he sees no point in waiting years for the results of pilot programs since such a tax system is inevitable as federal gasoline tax revenues decline.

“Why do we need a pilot program? Why don’t we just phase it in?” said Oberstar, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman. Oberstar is drafting a six-year transportation bill to fund highway and transit programs that is expected to total around a half trillion dollars.

The tax would entail equipping vehicles with GPS technology to determine how many miles a car has been driven and whether on interstate highways or secondary roads. The devices would also calculate the amount of tax owed.

You can contact Mr. Oberstar at one of his 5 offices listed below:

Senator Arlene Spector, to the open arms of the Obama administration and leading Democrats, has announced that he is switching his party affiliation.

After voting in favor of the Senate’s version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the $787 billion “Stimulus”), being in support of a “pathway to citizenship”, often referred to as amnesty, and now, leading the charge in support of The Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) Act, which would create “an independent agency dedicated to advancing science from the laboratory into practice”, Spector says his former party had strayed too far to the right (whatever “the right” means anymore).

So, what does it mean now that Spector is a Democrat, giving the party a 60 seat majority in the Senate? What does it mean that his home state of Pennsylvania has seen over 200,000 citizens change their registration from Republican to Democrat?  What does it mean now that he is viewed more favorably by Democrats than Republicans and that he has a bill asking for our tax dollars to fund another agency to be managed by an irresponsible Washington DC, all while introducing legislation to form a federally-subsidized four-year college?  You decide.

Personally, I liken his party change to changing the lapel pin on your jacket.  Still the same guy, still wearing the same suit, and he still has more faith in Washington DC than he has in you.

The America’s Tea Party Movement is a nationwide protest forum for any and all groups and individuals dissatisfied with the current governance of the United States, regardless of ideology, partisan identity, or political affiliation.

While we may disagree on the solution, we come together as Americans to peacefully express our dissent from the current political status quo.  We are individuals of all ages, sexual orientation, creed, color, rank and file with a common message:  We are sick and tired of our out of control government and we don’t trust the major parties in Washington DC to bring real changes.  We are demanding that our representatives uphold their oath to defend and protect the supreme law of the land, the Constitution.

More than anyone in the world, the American people understand our inalienable rights:
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Let’s Re-Declare  them!

At the moment, we are mired in a deflationary recession, but there is growing concern over future inflation.  After expanding its balance sheet to an unprecedented $2.2 trillion, the Federal Reserve plans to rely on interest paid on bank reserves to stem a potential bout of high inflation.  The strategy is a gamble, however.  Just last year, interest on bank reserves failed to prevent the benchmark interest rate from falling below  the policy makers’ target.  Are rising prices on the horizon for the US taxpayer?

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Setting yet another record, the Treasury is set to borrow $361 billion during the second quarter.  To cover the government’s intensifying borrowing needs, Congress raised the national debt limit to $12.1 trillion as part of the “stimulus” package back in February.  National debt currently stands at $11.1 trillion and is rising fast.  So, while President Obama tells Americans that we need to become a nation of savings and investment once again, the government continues to borrow and spend its way into massive debt.  It’s the old “Do what I say, not what I do approach.”

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