Cannot emphasize enough the error in this logic: RAISING THE COST OF ROADS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THERE IS ANY TRANSIT FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE INSTEAD, NOR DOES IT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OR RELIABILITY OF TRANSIT THAT MAY EXIST. https://twitter.com/rickyofmontay/status/978639045491339264 …
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Raising the cost of roads _should_ ensure that, over time, more roads get built. The fact that it does not points to a massive, massive problem with how infrastructure is funded
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100%, there is all manner of corruption in US infrastructure funding, for roads and others
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you're dancing around the fact that they are all regressive taxes, the only equitable and rational thing to do is force car companies to pay for the roads
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Everything which costs the same amount for anyone using it (eg, buying bananas at the grocery store) is a regressive tax; regressive taxes are basically ok
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