Buttigieg Reverses on ‘Mileage Tax’: ‘Not Part of the Conversation About This Infrastructure Bill’

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TAPPER: “You said also that a mileage tax showed 'a lot of promise' as a way to help pay for the plan. That tax would charge people for how many miles they drive. Is that under consideration?"

BUTTIGIEG: "No, that’s not part of the conversation about this infrastructure bill, so just want to make sure that’s really clear, but you will be hearing a lot more details in the coming days about how we envision being able to fund this. And again, these are carefully thought through responsible ideas that ultimately are going to be a win for the economy and need to be compared to the unaffordable cost of the status quo."

TAPPER: "Okay, so something of a backtrack on that."