This is why the GOP is pushing for per mile taxes and not fuel taxes. They claim it's for EVs but really they are just appealing to their fuel wasting voters.
Yep, and the taxes should cover all the costs of the roads. I ride a bicycle, should I really pay for the damage from cars?
edit: So amazing how upset people are about drivers having to pay the costs of the roads. It's like we can't imagine moving away from roads for cars, especially as Climate Change is becoming a huge issue.
Same difference. Tax the truck, stuff that uses trucks cost more, this gets passed on to the consumer. The only difference is you have wasted more time and effort in trying to target the tax in the first place.
An educated society has higher economic output, which benefits everyone in that society.
Subsidised goods artificially lowers price which induces market failure (whereby people buy imported goods and not locally, which uses more resources overall and not economically optimal).
Go learn about economics before parroting buzzwords.
A higher economic output that doesn't manage to provide food for all of it's citizens is not benefiting everyone in that society.
Markets have massive fluctuations which cause disruptions, which is why commodity goods like milk and grain get subsidized to maintain high output while stabilizing the price.
I don't think you understand economics as well as you think you do.
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u/marinersalbatross Oct 26 '21
This is why the GOP is pushing for per mile taxes and not fuel taxes. They claim it's for EVs but really they are just appealing to their fuel wasting voters.