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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      "bill me later" is a very common wish here in USA, but I oppose it resolutely--pay at point of sale!

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    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      no, that's what *tolls* are--the gasoline tax isn't connected to this or that road, and isn't the only thing paying for roads either

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    3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      this report lumps tolls and gas taxes together as user fees--I quibble but I'll let it slide--to demonstrate that they still only cover about a third of transportation costs:https://taxfoundation.org/gasoline-taxes-and-tolls-pay-only-third-state-local-road-spending/ …

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      slippery slope here, you can make that argument for everything that facilitates commerce, but for some reason it's only roads that we expect to be able to use for free (why not food? or housing?) problem is it creates strong incentives to live uneconomically, so costs spiral up

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      ...which is a factor in why the gas tax isn't cutting it anymore. Anyway: it's obviously impractical to slap toll gates on every road, but it's common sense to have them on limited-access highways like the interstates. With other roads, aim to keep funding as local as u can

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    6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      by that logic the gas tax destroys freedom of movement. Movement isn't free, and not all movement costs the same, which is why it must be paid for, and why payments should be proportionate to use

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @NewParacelsus @StrongTowns

      that's a bigger problem than financing structures, but I maintain that by cutting out middlemen (eg bureaucrats who move tax revenue from xy and z sources into the budget for ab and c), you cut down graft and opportunities for extortion

      10:39 AM - 2 Feb 2018
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