Joshua Gans mentions an RAC plan to tax based on distance travelled where the data is collected by GPS, and also mentions that there needs to be some 'distance' pricing to account for congestion. The answer must be no. The government does not get to track us, certainly not by GPS. It is bad enough having to travel through political boundaries - even now the US wants to fingerprint people as they leave - allowing that kind of domestic surveillance through GPS collected taxation; no. Liberty must come first. (more)
