Big Brother and PC In Holland: A Mileage Tax That Varies on Car Type and Time of Day Driven

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In what is presented to readers of an Associated Press report as a done deal, the Netherlands will impose a mileage tax on drivers beginning in 2012. It goes beyond most if not all other government-imposed taxes in that it will charge more during so-called peak times or if a vehicle is considered a heavier polluter.

The abolition of two other taxes is apparently the mechanism for forcing the Dutch into acquiescing to this intrusive arrangement...

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