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Why would you tax people's income to pay for a highway? Fuel taxes and license fees would normally be the way to pay for transportation infrastructure.
by amanaplanacanal 10mo ago
Why would you tax people's income to pay for a highway? Fuel taxes and license fees would normally be the way to pay for transportation infrastructure.
- anonzzzies 10mo agoIt works well in many (most I know) countries: is fuel+license more common than general (income and fuel and other) taxation ('normally' would imply most do like you say?).
- amanaplanacanal 10mo agoIf you use income taxes, then people who drive less are subsidizing people who drive more. It's bad incentives.
- anonzzzies 10mo agoBut that does not make it 'normally'; where does it work that way vs income(and other) taxes? Where I live and all countries around, roads are paid from general taxes (including income, road and fuel taxes).
- array_key_first 10mo agoBecause that doesn't get nearly close enough to the cost of roads. Interstates alone have, I believe, cost us over 25 trillion. Just interstates, not all highways.
- creato 10mo agoThat number seems very unlikely to be accurate. It's more than 2x larger than all local, state, and federal government spending in 2025 combined.
- array_key_first 10mo agoNo that's the actual figure since the 60s when they were built. I'm cheating a little, that's not a per year number.
- ImJamal 10mo agoWell ice cars are going to be declining in market share so we will need to implement an electric car tax to offset the cost.