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If you want to claim the price of driving is wrong, by all means crunch some numbers and show us. But acting as if there is a clear subsidy is incorrect.
by yummyfajitas 11y ago
If you want to claim the price of driving is wrong, by all means crunch some numbers and show us. But acting as if there is a clear subsidy is incorrect.
- rayiner 11y agoThat there is a huge subsidy is fact: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-percent-of-u-s-road-spending http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-.... And that analysis understates the subsidy. In fact it would be far more expensive for private organizations to build those roads due to the need to negotiate with individual landowners. I.e. drivers don't pay for the benefit of the government exercising eminent domain to build roads.
- yummyfajitas 11y agoFair point - gas taxes should be approximately doubled and dividend/cap gains taxes should be reduced commensurately to keep things rev neutral. (Choosing the latter two since they are highly distorting taxes.) Of course, singling out Uber and taxis for special regulation is a nonsensical solution to this issue; the main beneficiaries are people driving their own car.