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This debate is so tedious. Why not just slightly increase property tax or income tax? Why does it have to be usage based? Most other government services are don
by bagels 4y ago
This debate is so tedious. Why not just slightly increase property tax or income tax? Why does it have to be usage based? Most other government services are done this way, we all benefit from having roads.
- zip1234 4y agoThere are significant negative externalities to driving.
- zaroth 4y agoThere are, however, much more significant positive intrinsic and extrinsic values to pervasive passenger and truck infrastructure than there are negative externalities. Namely, it’s a fundamental underpinning of modern civilization.
- Tiktaalik 4y agotransportation is fundamental, that its necessarily via incredibly space inefficient personal automobile is not.
- zaroth 4y agoIt’s certainly fundamental to the world we live it as it exists today, and particularly in suburban / non-walkable environments. With climate change, crime, and COVID I would say that those “space inefficient” personal transports will become even more fundamental, not less.