加州州长参选人贝塞拉谈里程税：称愿考虑按里程收费替代汽油税，电动车主也应为修路付费
正在竞选加州州长的哈维尔·贝塞拉（Xavier Becerra）近日接受 KCRA 电视台记者阿什莉·扎瓦拉（Ashley Zavala）采访时表示，他愿意考虑以按行驶里程收费的方式替代或补充现行汽油税，为道路与桥梁维修筹资。被问及是否支持里程税时，他说：「一切都应该摆上桌面讨论。」
贝塞拉说，道路养护不是靠魔杖变出来的，总要有人付费；他不希望超出必要地征税，但汽油税应该交，不烧油的电动车车主同样应该为修路付费，「当然应该」。贝塞拉曾任加州总检察长与联邦卫生与公众服务部部长，现竞选接替州长加文·纽森。
加州官方对以车辆行驶里程费（VMT）替代汽油税的研究正在收尾。批评者则担心，按里程收费会加重长途通勤者的负担。
California Gubernatorial Candidate Becerra Open to Per-Mile Road Charge: EV Drivers Should Also Pay for Road Repairs
Xavier Becerra, who is running for governor of California, told KCRA reporter Ashley Zavala in an interview that he is willing to consider a per-mile road charge to replace or supplement the state gas tax as a way to pay for road and bridge repairs. Asked whether he would support a mileage-based tax, he said, "Everything should be on the table."
Becerra said roads are not maintained by a magic wand and have to be paid for; he does not want to tax people more than necessary, but the gas tax should be paid, and drivers of electric vehicles, who do not buy gasoline, should also pay for road repairs: "Absolutely." Becerra previously served as California attorney general and as U.S. secretary of health and human services, and is running to succeed Governor Gavin Newsom.
California officials are wrapping up a study on replacing the gas tax with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee. Critics worry a per-mile charge would hit drivers with long commutes hardest.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：哈维尔·贝塞拉官方肖像。美国国会官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Official portrait of Xavier Becerra. U.S. Congress photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
