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Interestingly, the cities are in part broke due to the infrastructure cost of maintaining sprawl — which only cars make possible.
by kikoreis 8y ago
Interestingly, the cities are in part broke due to the infrastructure cost of maintaining sprawl — which only cars make possible.
- krferriter 8y agoAlso gas taxes in the US are far lower than in much of Europe. Gas tax is 5.9x higher in Germany than in my state of NC, for example. Gas tax is what funds a lot of infrastructure development.
- dorgo 8y agoThe purpose of gas tax is not bound to infrastructure developement. Germany may spend gas tax money for arbitary purposes. https://www.energie-lexikon.info/energiesteuer.html https://www.energie-lexikon.info/energiesteuer.html
- flo123456 8y agoGermany may spend anytax for arbitrary purposes though.