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That doesn't change the incentives though - the taxes are there for a reason. EDIT: what I mean is that removing the petrol taxes won't solve the set of enviro
by danans 9y ago
That doesn't change the incentives though - the taxes are there for a reason.
EDIT: what I mean is that removing the petrol taxes won't solve the set of environmental and political problems they face, but rather would likely make them worse.
- XorNot 9y agoTheir shipping and distribution costs are quite different though. Petrol taxes also tend to be flat - advocates for removing them always crop up, but it's a suckers bet - you wipe out say, your road maintenance income, for (in Australia) a onetime 17c on the liter drop in price (while the price just keeps going up anyway).