Gas Cheats

Some common sense from the new Assistant Senate Majority Leader:

A state legislator wants to get rid of non-taxed dyed diesel fuel and possibly add millions of dollars each year to the budget of the strapped Idaho Transportation Department.

Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, assistant majority leader, said he’s heard the state transportation department is getting shorted $5 -$15 million each year by people who use dyed diesel in vehicles that travel Idaho’s highways.

Winder said the state should consider getting rid of dyed diesel and go back to a system where people who use diesel in non-highway vehicles apply to the state for a refund of the tax they paid on fuel they used in non-highway vehicles and equipment.

This makes a lot of sense, The situation as it exists currently is an open-invitation to gaming the system, and I think that other enforcements options are untenable and law enforcement has better use for their time then tracking down diesel cheats.

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