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Should cyclists be charged a special tax for bike lane construction and maintenance? What about sidewalks, should you need a pedestrian pass?

by rfrey 9mo ago

coryrc 9mo ago
1. As soon as the roads are all paying best-possible-use property tax for the space they take up and it's completely paid by automobiles, in addition to all maintenance, we should try to proportionally assign dedicated bicycle infrastructure costs toward bicycle users, now and anticipated. 2. Everyone is a pedestrian.
- rfrey 9mo ago
  People accuse communists of being unrealistic idealists, but they have nothing on the libertarians.
  - coryrc 9mo ago
    That's the first I've heard of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax (and, less directly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism ) being libertarian! fuck cars
    - rfrey 9mo ago
      User pay formerly-public-infrastructure is what I identified as libertarian. Would you also advocate for residents of high crime areas to pay more taxes for police coverage?
      - coryrc 9mo ago
        "User pay" is typically associated with regressive per-use taxes. It's perfectly compatible with socialism to ensure the cost of the road system is applied to only automobile users in a progressive manner. Relatedly, Finland moving violation fines are not a fixed fee and are proportional to income: https://nri.today/wealthy-speedsters-beware-finlands-million-dollar-traffic-fines/ https://nri.today/wealthy-speedsters-beware-finlands-million... Stop thinking "cars=default", they are not. Legally criminal actions are violations against the state, which is why a prosecutor decides whether to file charges and does not need the consent of the victim to do so. We already have what you suggest with civil law and private security.
        rfrey 9mo ago
        It's pure pedantry to distinguish between "user pay" and "progressive fees" based on usage. You're advocating for private payments on public infrastructure, it doesn't make it socialism just because it's infrastructure you disapprove of.

Should cyclists be charged a special tax for bike lane construction and maintenance? What about sidewalks, should you need a pedestrian pass?

by rfrey 9mo ago

Should cyclists be charged a special tax for bike lane construction and maintenance? What about sidewalks, should you need a pedestrian pass?

coryrc 9mo ago

1. As soon as the roads are all paying best-possible-use property tax for the space they take up and it's completely paid by automobiles, in addition to all maintenance, we should try to proportionally assign dedicated bicycle infrastructure costs toward bicycle users, now and anticipated. 2. Everyone is a pedestrian.

rfrey 9mo ago
People accuse communists of being unrealistic idealists, but they have nothing on the libertarians.
- coryrc 9mo ago
  That's the first I've heard of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax (and, less directly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism ) being libertarian! fuck cars
  - rfrey 9mo ago
    User pay formerly-public-infrastructure is what I identified as libertarian. Would you also advocate for residents of high crime areas to pay more taxes for police coverage?
    - coryrc 9mo ago
      "User pay" is typically associated with regressive per-use taxes. It's perfectly compatible with socialism to ensure the cost of the road system is applied to only automobile users in a progressive manner. Relatedly, Finland moving violation fines are not a fixed fee and are proportional to income: https://nri.today/wealthy-speedsters-beware-finlands-million-dollar-traffic-fines/ https://nri.today/wealthy-speedsters-beware-finlands-million... Stop thinking "cars=default", they are not. Legally criminal actions are violations against the state, which is why a prosecutor decides whether to file charges and does not need the consent of the victim to do so. We already have what you suggest with civil law and private security.
      - rfrey 9mo ago
        It's pure pedantry to distinguish between "user pay" and "progressive fees" based on usage. You're advocating for private payments on public infrastructure, it doesn't make it socialism just because it's infrastructure you disapprove of.