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This is more than the average fossil car owner pays in gas taxes, and really bad policy during a world fuel shortage.

  • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Others pointed out its probably to replace the gas tax they won’t be subject to. And I almost thought it was alright until I remembered most of our roads/infrastructure doesn’t get repaired as it is.

    • this_jury_is_hung@lemmy.world
      3·
      22 hours ago

      Underfunded infrastructure isn’t going to improve as a result of less tax though.

      Unless there is a deliberate attempt to make EVs pay a lower share of road maintenance costs as part of a plan to increase uptake, with that lost funding collected elsewhere, you’re just making roads worse by leaving the tax off.

      • Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I’m not sure fuel could ever be taxed high enough to repair the roads/infrastructure. We’re talking hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars in work needed. The US federal government is so far in debt that in the next decade the largest single expense will be paying interest on said debts.

        The problem with fuel taxes is that they are effectively a consumption tax in the US. Sure you can do it but the general population is living paycheck to paycheck while the ultra wealthy can pull up plenty of money for about a trillion dollars in AI data centers.

      • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Yeah that’s probably the truth. People complain about shitty roads, so politicians try to increase the gas tax and people just vote no out of instinct. And then the loop just continues forever.