• ugh@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    People who don’t drive don’t pay any of those taxes that were used as examples. I’d love to see the numbers that you’re basing your argument on.

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      11 months ago

      Let me google that for you: https://frontiergroup.org/resources/who-pays-roads/

      There are literally tens of thousands of articles like this one.

      TLDR:

      • less than 50% of car infrastructure cost is paid for by driving related taxes
      • An average of $1100 in general tax per household per year is used to subsidise driving
      • Car infrastructure receives more subsidies from general tax than transit, passenger rail, cycling and pedestrian programs combined.

      No, drivers pull their own weight in regards to car related taxes.