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On July 9, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. In a fact sheet accompanying that order, the White House claimed that it established a whole-of-government effort to promote competition in the American economy, includ[ing] 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies to promptly tackle some of the most pressing competition problems across our economy.
These efforts would do several things for people, including make it easier to change jobs and help raise wages … Lower prescription drug prices … Save Americans with hearing loss thousands of dollars … Save Americans money on their internet bills … Make it easier for people to get refunds from airlines … Make it easier and cheaper to repair items you own … Make it easier and cheaper to switch banks … Empower family farmers and increase their incomes … [and] Increase opportunities for small businesse
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by Jeremy Lott Print this article There s a logic to starting with trucks, given the technology involved and that truckers already deal with interstate and international fuel tax issues, but politically, it would be a disaster to single them out first.
Do a slim majority of people now support a vehicle miles traveled tax? That is one takeaway from the Mineta Transportation Institute s 12th annual survey of taxation and transportation.
The California-based think tank didn t call it a VMT tax for the survey, released in late March. Instead, it called it a green mileage fee and said it would cost drivers about 3 cents per mile traveled, with vehicles that pollute more paying more.