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Whoever is demanding them, they are still subsidies. You can be sure that if there were a bill introduced tomorrow that (with a chance of passing) significantly
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
Whoever is demanding them, they are still subsidies. You can be sure that if there were a bill introduced tomorrow that (with a chance of passing) significantly redirected highway spending, or even just tried to cover the whole bill (including the cost to use direct air capture to undo the climate damage and store the carbon indefinitely) with fuel taxes, the fossil fuel and auto manufacturing lobbies would be tripping over themselves to see it defeated at almost any cost.
- snapplebobapple 4y agoIf that is your position then the word subsidy lacks all meaning because pretty much everything the government does with tax revenue is a subsidy by this definition. Also, it would not just be those lobbies calling their representatives to get that idea overturned, it would be a majority of the populace once they ran the numbers on their cost of living increase from that policy.