Cenk Uygur
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Is Your Driving Private? Not After The Black Box Mandate
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January 13, 2014
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3:55Now Playing"As America's road planners struggle to find the cash to mend a crumbling highway system, many are beginning to see salvation in a little black box that fits neatly by the dashboard of your car.
The devices, which track every mile a motorist drives and transmit that information to bureaucrats, are at the center of a controversial attempt in Washington and state planning offices to overhaul the outdated system for funding America's major roads.
The usually dull arena of highway planning has suddenly spawned intense debate and colorful alliances. Libertarians have joined environmental groups lobbying to allow government to use the little boxes to keep track of the miles you drive, and possibly where you drive them -- then use the information to draw up a tax bill.
The tea party is aghast. The ACLU is deeply concerned, too, raising a variety of privacy issues."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Evan Halper / Tribune Washington Bureau:
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