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    1. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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      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.

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    2. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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      A single parking space - not including land needed to drive one car - is 200 square feet. There are ~ 500,000 cars registered in San Francisco. That’s $60 billion, just for parking. Now add all the streets. US cities subsidize the auto industry to the tune of trillions.

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    3. j.r. leonard‏ @J_RtheWriter Mar 11
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      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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    4. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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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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    5. j.r. leonard‏ @J_RtheWriter Mar 11
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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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    6. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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      LOL no that’s not how subsidies work, the money ends up in the pockets of the automakers, not the drivers who lose thousands but thanks for playing

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    7. j.r. leonard‏ @J_RtheWriter Mar 11
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      "Thanks for playing?" Who talks like that? Anyway, that's exactly how subsidies work. Lowering the cost of owning and operating a car means drivers pay less. It's fine, if you want to make drivers pay the full cost of operating a car. Just own up to it and make the case honestly

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    8. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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      where does the money end up that’s who gets the subsidy you’re not even trying are you

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      j.r. leonard‏ @J_RtheWriter Mar 11
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      1/ What's the point of Twitter speak? It's neither meaningful nor elegant. And finding who gets the benefit of a subsidy works in the same way as determining tax incidence, but in reverse. It's split btw consumer and producer, with a ratio that has to be determined empirically.

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        2. j.r. leonard‏ @J_RtheWriter Mar 11
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          2/ It's possible that you have the research to back the assertion that all the benefit of road subsidies are captured by carmakers. But if so, why not just cite it instead of trying to sound edgy online?

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        3. (((Matthew Lewis)))‏ @mateosfo Mar 11
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          make you a deal: i will never, ever tell you, an anonymous internet stranger, how to internet. and in return i promise to ignore all your pedantry and tone policing.

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