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Wow, kind of surprised to see people being okay with this. - This will disproportionately hit the poor and working class people even more on top of the pandemi
by busymom0 5y ago
Wow, kind of surprised to see people being okay with this.
- This will disproportionately hit the poor and working class people even more on top of the pandemic impacts they are already suffering from.
- Rich tech workers for example who get to work from home won't be paying much at all. Meanwhile the poor labour workers/nurses/delivery etc jobs which can't be achieved without driving to/for work will get the burden.
- I am not sure how they can achieve this honestly without adding even more surveillance.
And for what? So more money gets into the pockets of the corrupt and bloated government so they can spend it on wars?
- ozarkerD 5y agoExactly.
- acranox 5y agohttps://cityobservatory.org/ten-things-more-inequitable-that-road-pricing/ https://cityobservatory.org/ten-things-more-inequitable-that...
- busymom0 5y agoThe link says: > Playing the “equity” card as an objection to pricing the roads actually turns out to be a way to advance the interests not of the poor, but of those who benefit already from the wealth of subsidies to car ownership. We seem to be perfectly fine with all kinds of inequity in our transportation finance system, so long as it benefits wealthier car owners. I am not wealthy by any means, don't own a car, house, stocks etc. I walk or take the bus. So that's not me they are talking about. But I know several friends and family who are nurses, Uber drivers, farmers, delivery people etc. They are going to be impacted by this the most. Your link tries to claim that just because we have already horrible inequities, we shouldn't complain. That's just a silly nihilistic way of looking at things.