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That's the system I prefer as well! Why are we debating this? I only engage with this argument because bad-faith car addicts often try to block any kind of refo
by jeffbee 3y ago
That's the system I prefer as well! Why are we debating this? I only engage with this argument because bad-faith car addicts often try to block any kind of reform by saying it harms the poor. But as you say on your page, redistributing the revenues of these things per-capita is naturally progressive, and that doesn't need to be means-tested because income taxes are already progressive and the refunds would be income.
- jefftk 3y agoWe're debating this because you countered "Taxes on these things are usually regressive so no thanks" with "VMT is strongly correlated with income, so people with higher incomes would pay more tire taxes" which sounded like you thought it was a claim that the proposed tax would not actually be regressive. (This isn't a disagreement on policy, but me being pedantic about terms.)