Oregon to Launch Pay-Per-Mile Road Tax ProgramBy Star Fox Starting on July 1, Oregon will allow 5,000 residents to voluntarily sign up to be taxed per-mile rather then pay the gas tax at the pumps. Volunteers will be charged 1.5 centsevery mile traveled on taxpayer-provided roads, reports AP News. From AP News: Oregon is one of many states now considering the use of such programs to make up for lost revenues. California, and Washington state have also pondered upon the idea of taxing motorists per-mile. According to a January 2014 report by the nonprofit organization State Budget Solutions, the State of Oregon is approximately $86.7 billion in debt. The plan to tax drivers by the mile can come as no surprise as the state is wildly out of control with spending. Privacy concerns have been raised by the ACLU over the programs requirement for digital devices to be placed in vehicles in order to track location and miles traveled. This is the government collecting massive amounts of data and we want to ensure the government doesnt keep and use that data for other purposes, ACLUs interim executive director Jann Carson told AP News. The ACLUs concerns sparked moves by the state to allow drivers to use a device absent of a GPS. For those that do use the GPS, Oregon will guarantee the destruction of all data collected after 30 days. Star Fox is a U.S. based journalist who contributes to Eyesopenreport.com, where this article first appeared. Follow @StarFoxReport (Image Credit: Fittzer/Flickr) In Britain the press gangs will be drumming for the military. 