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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
The people who use the roads the most damage them the most so should pay the most.
Thats called the market, not socialism.
You weigh your "demand" to drive against the cost of "supply" of the service of a road network.
Should a single mum driving 2 miles a day to school and back pay the same car tax as a family driving a heavy 4x4 around?
Surely that is simply unfair?
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The 4X4 will consume more gas than the 2 miles a day, but both vehicles pay the same state taxes for DMV license, registration, emmissions control. So your argument works for the license, registration, and emissions.
But fuel consumption is more for the heavier 4x4, even with the same 2 miles a day driven. Thus they pay more because it costs more fuel to haul more weight. Take note that is why shipping goods is by weight and girth.
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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
If the existing system is working, why muck it up?
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because they aren't collecting as much as they should since fuel efficiency has increase, not to mention groups pillaging the highway funds like they do social security...which is why I suggest increase the tax on the fuel.
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