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By that logic, any policy that assigns a fixed price to a good or service penalizes the poor. Which is true but is just a roundabout way of saying that poverty
by giaour 2y ago
By that logic, any policy that assigns a fixed price to a good or service penalizes the poor. Which is true but is just a roundabout way of saying that poverty penalizes the poor.
Roads and signaling infrastructure are an expensive public good whose value is enjoyed unevenly. Attaching usage fees to public goods is never popular but makes sense when they are not limitless.
- zouhair 2y agoYes it is. For example a $100 parking ticket for someone surviving on minimum wage will wreck their finances for months (if they're lucky) but a rich person will take it like just a meaningless fee to park.