[PLUG-TALK] HR4569, the "Destroy Electronics in America Act"

[AthlonRob]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Not if you consider commercial truckers "tourists." They pay a
> weight-mile
> tax (which they hate) and that's why then need a trip permit to go through
> the state. What's interesting about this system is that many commercial
> vehicles fuel up in Califormia or Washington (depending on the direction
> they're traveling) and don't pay any fuel tax in Oregon because they get
> through the state on one tank of diesel fuel. East-west is a bit different.

But I thought we were talking about tourists?

So is it only the federal fuel taxes that truckers get out of paying?

Rob