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Well thanks to taxpapers electric vehicle companies are able to reduce the costs as stated in article. in general I wish tax payers got more opportunities to di
by bobobob420 3y ago
Well thanks to taxpapers electric vehicle companies are able to reduce the costs as stated in article. in general I wish tax payers got more opportunities to directly vote on where our money is going. A taxpayer should get a yearly report to indicate exactly where their money goes and which representatives voted for them.
- pcurve 3y agoPeople elect goverment and officials, both at local and federal level to make informed decisions that weight in numerous factors. If people had more direct control over and line-item veto and vote, we may not make the best decision as a whole. At least for some contentious issues, you sometimes get to directly vote on state referendum.
- dymk 3y agoAnd you get politicians getting bribed, er, lobbied, to legislate against the will of the people and/or the actually informed decision to make. It's not like a representative democracy is a clear win over a direct vote, or we'd have universal healthcare by now.
- kcb 3y agoAt the same time you should thank taxpayers for artificially low oil prices as well.
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- Always_Anon 3y agoHow are gas prices subsidized? I'm asking in good faith because I truly don't know.
- CamperBob2 3y agoA large chunk of the DoD budget, for one thing.
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subs... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet
- InitialLastName 3y agoOne way: The US government's policy of "encouraging" countries to sell their crude in USD (in a "nice country you've got there, shame if something happened to it" way) keeps them in effective control of the price of oil. The last time someone tried to sell in Euros instead [0], the US DOD spent more than $1,000,000,000,000 [1] proving their willingness to back up that threat. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/feb/16/iraq.theeuro https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/feb/16/iraq.theeur... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War
- bobobob420 3y agogreat spend of taxpayers money. I would like to give my thanks now to the politicians who decided to subsizide oil prices so my fellow Americans can reduce their gas bill.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoCan’t tell if serious or not. Asking people who don’t drive to subsidize those who do seems counterproductive.
- dymk 3y agoOh the US is great at burdening everybody with car infrastructure costs, even if they don't drive. Just look at minimum parking requirements.
- ensignavenger 3y agoPeople who don't drive still buy things that were moved across the country (and world) using oil.
- bobobob420 3y agoThats like saying If you don’t have kids your property taxes shouldn’t go to the schools in the town. Almost everyone in America needs a car to survive and make a living. Have some realism
- geodel 3y agoWell tax payers get benefit from massive the supply chain running on gas and keeping price competitive for millions goods and services.
- coryrc 3y agoIt's out there. Go read it.