Thinking about it - is there a single corporate giveaway bigger than land cities give to carmakers for free? The auto industry has no business model without free pavement. How large is that subsidy - inclusive of land value of “public” streets? Land in SF is $600/square foot.
Why frame this as a subsidy to to carmakers, who historically were located in a few places, as opposed to a subsidy on drivers who live and vote everywhere? This is a good example of we love to blame "the corporations" when the behavior in question quite clearly stems from us
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Because the carmakers have lobbyists who determine our transportation budget priorities. The average driver has no idea they’re being so heavily subsidized.
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Exactly. More accurate to describe this as a subsidy on drivers. But then you wouldn't get to shoehorn this into a standard anti-corporate narrative.
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