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The author isn't suggesting that gas taxes should vary with income. His point is that they're a flat tax and flat taxes are regressive.
by bhickey 8y ago
The author isn't suggesting that gas taxes should vary with income. His point is that they're a flat tax and flat taxes are regressive.
- coredog64 8y agoI’ve made similar comments in other discussions, but there’s an element of redlining to this. Upper middle class people push for ever higher safety standards in new motor vehicles. This pushes the retail price higher for new cars, but also has the follow on effect of raising the price of newer used cars. As a result, vehicle consumers at the bottom of the economic ladder wind up with cars that are less safe, less efficient, and less reliable.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI drive a Kia Rio. It's one of the cheapest cars on the market and it's efficient and reliable. I don't know about safety. There are good cars available on the lower end of the market. I wish there were options with less power available to be even cheaper.