Give Obama a little credit

When I see a positive - I will say so. On the 20th President Obama's press secretary stated that the administration would NOT support the Vehicle Miles program. If this is true - I agree with the President. The idea behind the program is to tally what times, which roads and how many miles an individual has driven and then bill them for the use of the roads. While the intended spirit of this program is to have those that use the roads pay for them - 1) I don't trust them and 2) this is an assault to all those not living in the inner city.

Once the group in Washington figure out what kind of data they are able to capture - I can only begin to see what they will want to do with that information moving forward. 1984 has nothing on what these 'lawmakers' can come up with. Time based tax policies for using certain roads, annual reporting of travel to specific areas to the Chamber of Commerce, tracking mileage versus fuel consumption to insure we the public are driving 'economical' cars. No - I don't trust them at all!

The assault on those of us living out side of the city limits where 'public' transportation is available could not be more direct. Lawmakers fail to recognize that in addition to driving to and from work - some of us use the roads and our vehicles for more than our own capitalist endeavors. Yes, some of us drive our children and other children to school. Some of us volunteer to run youth sports programs that the local government actually does very little to support (including blocking the use of public fields for youth sports use). Some of us volunteer in public schools - mentoring, tutoring and advising the youth in the community. Some of us volunteer with local churches and the programs those churches provide that the local communities can not live without. Some of us even drive in to the city to volunteer in the ways listed above.

So, President Obama - THANK YOU. On this topic - you have defended freedom.