Virginia residents who own a car get millions in cuts 💰
Virginia residents who are car-free get nothing ❌
Who comes up with this non-sense🤦?
Only 3 states Delaware, Montana, and New Jersey raise enough revenue from cars to fully cover their highway spending. The remaining 47 states must make up the difference with tax revenues from other sources
By diverting general funds to roadway spending, the burden of paying for the roads falls on all taxpayers, including people who drive very little or may not drive at all.
Personally as someone who drives, I prefer roads that I don’t need a lifted 4x4 to traverse. I’d say these people must think the asphalt just grows there naturally, but really they don’t actually think at all.
Some countries don't have a car tax. However their roads are mostly unpaved dirt paths without signs, bridges or road maintenance, and you can't go faster than 40kmh without ruining your car.
You got married but you have to be nice to your wife to get a blowjob? If I'm elected governor, everyone's wives will have to give them a blowjob whenever they want, no questions asked.
When you get into main cities, public transportation and walking becomes easier and it makes sense to tax drivers more.
I've been working in the backwoods/suburbs for over 15 years now and in the US, you're fucked. There is no way to get/keep a job without a car because there are no bike lanes, no sidewalks, and good luck trying to find a taxi/Uber. Your forced to take on the emissions testing, loans for junk cars because we can't afford new cars. A 15 minute drive is 2 hours on foot because there are no sidewalks, you have to cut through yards, which is "trespassing" and you could get shot, especially in the backwoods areas.
They basically make it illegal to NOT have a car. And that's a win for them because then they can tax the fuck out of you for owning one
Defund highways yesterday, and let’s build free public transit everywhere, but she’s right that regressive taxes aren’t the way to win the world we want. A wealth tax (or inheritance tax, or financial transactions tax, etc) would be far preferable. To miss that and adopt policies that exacerbate the cost of living crisis (even when they serve good goals) is to fail to understand the Yellow Vest protests and their lessons entirely.