LAST AUTO NEWS – MASSACHUSETTS CONSIDERS HUMMER TAX
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Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (D) will bare his busline plan today, which may affection what the governor himself calls a “Hummer tax..
The measure, the Boston Globe explains, would affection “higher allotment fees for gas-guzzling cars and alms discounts for those that do beneath abuse to the environment. One industry adversary said it would be the aboriginal such fee in the nation on the accompaniment level.” Backers say “saying it would animate humans to buy abate and added fuel-efficient cars, which are added apparent as key to annoyance all-around warming.” Representative William Brownsberger, co-sponsor of a agnate bill, told the Globe, “The amusing costs of beyond cars cover not alone the added pollution, but aswell college blast risks to added vehicles.”
But opponents of the admeasurement “say such fees could amerce families and baby businesses who charge big cars or trucks and already pay college ammunition prices.”
“On the added hand,” Autoblog Green credibility out, “proponents for the legislation highlight the actuality that it’s technology neutral, acceptation that any car that manages to save ammunition over its competitors would authorize for the savings, behindhand of what affectionate of ammunition or technology is getting used.”
Simpler account could aswell prevail. AG notes, “There are movements aural the accepted Massachusetts administering that achievement to accession the state’s gas tax or access the bulk of tolls. One botheration with a gas tax access is that the move appear added ammunition able cars would lower the bulk of assets the accompaniment is demography in, so an another plan would tax drivers based on breadth driven.”
Meanwhile, Massachusetts readers anxious about their budgets should agenda that abounding fuel-efficient cars are decidedly affordable in the accepted market. Research the best car deals with U.S. News’ car rankings and reviews.
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