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Why is taxing people the only solution? Why not do it the other way? Pay people to take public transport-i.e. make it free and even incentivize it by adding on
by fooker 3y ago
Why is taxing people the only solution?
Why not do it the other way? Pay people to take public transport-i.e. make it free and even incentivize it by adding on other perks.
The US has a huge inefficiency issue, tax money is not used effectively, and a good fraction goes into carefully designed money laundering scams. More tax money here is like eating more to avoid stress.
- ethanbond 3y agoHow much could they possibly pay people to use public transit that would have anywhere near the same effect magnitude? > The US has a huge inefficiency issue, tax money is not used effectively, and a good fraction goes into carefully designed money laundering scams. More tax money here is like eating more to avoid stress Citation needed
- fooker 3y ago>How much could they possibly How much more could they possibly tax people before fixing root causes instead of symptoms? >Citation needed https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_government_effectiveness/ https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_government_effe...
- margalabargala 3y agoThe US is near the top of that list ahead of (for example) the UK and France. Also, this is an arbitrary all-in-one measurement of "government effectiveness", not something that in any way states "Many US government schemes are in fact elaborate money laundering".
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