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Gotta get that paper.

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GO BEARS!!!

We should tax people who take public transportation at the same rate.

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It would be a windfall for gas stations near the state lines.

Even higher.

Buses wear the road more than a regular car.

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Good trolling all around, guys, top-notch.

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How will they differentiate between miles driven in Illinois and miles driven in other states? I guess if it is a transponder it will know when you go to wisconsin or indiana?

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it does make sense to do it per mile... and as someone mentioned, trucks do a lot more damage to pavement than cars do so that needs to be considered in a formula that calculates the tax.

Did you think you'd be able to get away with using less gas?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I assumed you knew a tax on bus riding would be a tax on the urban working class and farted it out anyway.

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They also want to make drivers licenses and IDs electronic. I see no way that could be abused.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

The suburban working class drive priuses on the highways. Why do you hate them?

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This idea is driving me crazy!

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Thinking those Handicap parking bastards should start kicking in a little more as well for those sweet parking spaces!

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Especially since about half or maybe more are abled body people using them in a handicap persons name.

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you have no idea how much my dick hurts only when i walk from my car to a door. i need that space.

i would be all for a mileage tax if you eliminate the gas tax. they already know where we are at all times anyway... who cares. why am i paying more taxes just because i buy more gas? what if im using it to burn peoples houses down? how does that hurt roads?

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These motherfuckers are all so incompetent. Just raise tax on gas by a penny a gallon. It's the easiest and most efficient tax to collect, it generally charges by usage, and it gives benefit to those who drive fuel-efficient vehicles.

All these are taxes just create more bureacratic bullshit. I just got a bill in the mail for 1.5 years of property back taxes on my car for the state of Connecticut even though I haven't lived in CT for 1.5 years. This shit is never run fairly or efficiently. Just tax gas.

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After your emissions check up you can swing by one of the states 15 convenient vehicle usage reporting stations. Wait times less than 90 minutes!

Or skip it and we can pretend you drove 30K miles this year! Almost as good of a scam as the internet sales tax.

i always love the sight of 50 cars sitting in line idling and wasting gas at an emissions testing facility

This state..... I might actually listen to my wife and move. When does it stop I guess. Is it the citizens fault that this state cannot run on a budget and have made bad decisions for 30+ years.

The unfortunate part is people will say vote. Well in Illinois that does not work. Madigan is going no where for the foreseeable future.

The softball team I coach plays at Madigan park. I expect him to just be standing there collecting $5 from every player, coach and parent.

I wonder whether there really has been a significant drop in gasoline usage or if this is just a smokescreen to introduce another tax. For every Prius and Tesla out there, there are still gas-guzzling pickups, minivans, and SUVs that people have been buying in droves thanks to lower fuel prices.

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I moved down to GA, and their emissions testing is privatized so you have the pay 15-25 bucks for it. But there are places everywhere for it and I have never had to wait in a line. I'd gladly pay it over having to drive to Crystal Lake for it.

Somebody should mention to Cullerton that people are leaving Illinoise because the state he helps run is terrible. There are fewer cars overall on the roads here.

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Its probably at least a fucking 20:1 ratio of Larger than Sedan cars vs Prius/Tesla types

If your ratio is right, that would still be a 4-5% drop in gas tax collected in that demographic. But the bigger problem is on the whole, cars are just getting more efficient. Added with people are returning to full sized sedans over the 8 passenger Durangos.

I waited a grand total of zero seconds to get my emissions tested in Markham on a Friday afternoon and was the only car there the whole time. Just go to an urban hellscape and it'll go quick.

Milwaukee has emissions test but not the state.

They would take away half the states trucks if they make them take a sniff test.

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