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"There is no such thing as a free lunch" is a very strong argument for tolls, I hope you realize. > everyone paying the tolls who now needs to engage in additi
by Dylan16807 11mo ago
"There is no such thing as a free lunch" is a very strong argument for tolls, I hope you realize.
> everyone paying the tolls who now needs to engage in additional pollution-causing economic activity merely to offset the costs of government-mandated congestion pricing
I don't think that's how economics work. People are already doing their best to generate money. Also even if that did happen, the thing you're describing as "pollution-causing" is GDP growth, which is overall desirable.
> tariffs
Whether a tariff is good depends on what the goal is (and whether it works toward that goal).
- RhysU 11mo agoIf people aren't working harder to offset the tolls then they're strictly poorer as a consequence of the toll.
- Dylan16807 11mo agoYou can say that about any tax. Which makes it extremely unconvincing as an argument against any particular tax, since in the long term money not collected from tax A will be collected from tax B. (And they have the option of not driving, too.)
- 8note 11mo agonot strictly. the pollution has gone down, for instance, reducing future health costs, and improving quality of life.