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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
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[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In the country I reside, everyone pays for the roads through income tax. Vehicle owners pay emissions tax. I think this is fair since everyone relies on the roads even if they never travel down a road themselves.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

You can still tax large vehicles, because everyone bears the cost of having them around.

[–] watcher@nopeeking.link 1 points 8 months ago

Not everbody "consumes" the same. So for consumer products (everything) would be distributed better if the price was in the product price itself. Along with it being included in the price of transfer services etc.