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TAX POLICY DEBATE * USA - America's Trucking Industry Will Not Support VMT Tax
Says ATA Vice President
Minneapolis,MINN,USA -PRNewswire-USNewswire/News Blaze -April 20, 2010: -- Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) taxes have proven costly to administer, enforce, and to comply with, and the trucking industry will strongly oppose implementing a VMT tax, American Trucking Associations (ATA) Vice President, Bob Pitcher, said today at the Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees in Minneapolis... Speaking on the Political Leadership and Project Champions panel, Pitcher said the industry regards a VMT tax as a weight-distance tax (WDT). More than 20 states have already repealed WDTs as outdated and ineffective. All but four states currently rely on a combination of truck registration fees and fuel taxes as the most efficient, cost-effective way to raise money to build and repair roads... Until alternatives exist, the traditional system of highway funding through registration fees and fuel taxes remains the most efficient way to fund critical highway projects, including major highway bottlenecks, that will help to reduce traffic congestion and reduce carbon emissions...
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