My view here is that a $130 or so fee should be paid by every car owner, gas or electric. Then they can reduce gas tax by $130 overall if they care to (or keep it as a carbon tax).
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Ah yes reducing gas tax is what we need to do, let's encourage more people to buy more gas
Same fee for all cars regardless of propulsion is my point. Then debate how much gas tax.
or hear me out....clean tax-free coal! mah RAM gets three shovels/50 miles.
Everyone benefits from roads including people that don’t drive vehicles. Grocery stores get deliveries for example.
Just stop building them without adequate cheaper alternatives. Bike lanes should be a requirement. Save space for rail and bus, or take back some of the existing space.
So would this override states that have enacted EV charges or would they be double taxed? Texas already charges $200 per year for the same reason. This would make it $330/yr and only drive about 5,000 miles a year.
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Hell yeah. Raise the gas tax by like 500% while you're at it. Make cars pay for roads.
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