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If roads provide value to people, they should pay for some of it. Right?
by jeromegv 11mo ago
If roads provide value to people, they should pay for some of it.
Right?
- josephcsible 11mo agoRight. That's why we have to pay vehicle registration fees and gas taxes.
- indecisive_user 11mo agoRegistration is like $100 a year for "unlimited" access to roads. Quite a bit cheaper than a yearly unlimited transit pass. And electric cars don't pay a gas tax.
- idiotsecant 11mo agoEVs pay a gas tax in the form of enormously more expensive registration in almost all states. I pay way more for my EV registration than I would have paid in gas tax.
- josephcsible 11mo ago> Registration is like $100 a year for "unlimited" access to roads. Quite a bit cheaper than a yearly unlimited transit pass. But that's still "some of it". > And electric cars don't pay a gas tax. Electric cars' registration fees are much higher to make up for that, e.g., in New Jersey, you owe an extra $260 per year for an EV (which automatically goes up by $10 every year) vs. a gas car.
- terminalshort 11mo agoSince you pay for the vehicle and the fuel, no it's not even close.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoGas taxes don't come close to paying for roads. Roads are massively subsidized out of general taxes.
- josephcsible 11mo agoFares don't come close to paying for public transit. Public transit is massively subsidized out of general taxes. And besides, the comment upthread said "some", not "all".
- ljlolel 11mo agoThe cars have way way more negative externalities
- nyc_data_geek 11mo agoCongratulations, you have invented taxes