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Disclaimer: I've been car free for the past three years. I agree that roads are public infrastructure, but car owners are heavily taxed in Europe, especially s
by asjw 7y ago
Disclaimer: I've been car free for the past three years.
I agree that roads are public infrastructure, but car owners are heavily taxed in Europe, especially some parts of Europe.
In Italy, excluding fuel taxes (which cover 70% of the cost of the fuel BTW) every car owner pays a mandatory "car owning tax" for each car they own, that totals around 5-6 billions euros/year. And it's only the main one, there are several others.
- fragmede 7y agoIn the US, it's called a car registration fee, but it's the same thing - a tax on owning a car.