That’s how many of our fees and taxes work in California. The argument for that vs a tax across the board is that the ones causing the issue are the only ones that will incur the fee, which is pretty much the only way to get anything passed here. If they did the broader tax, it would be much lower impact but people…
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I think we have to file at the world court in the Hauge. What are the views on taxes/price raises when the fees are used to directly combat a side effect of the problem? Such as clean air programs, further expanding public transit, funding programs for people who cannot afford the taxes to get them waived, or adding…
There seems to be zero predatory lending going on with these policies. No matter how someone handles the payments, as long as they made them on time, they paid the same price for the same car. If they did it up front or rolled it into the next loan, its all the same price. Even if the next loan were to cost more…
I’m sorry but this is so backwards.
Oh, sorry I wasn’t endorsing them (I actually do not approve of them since they are shitty to their workers, ignore laws, etc.) but was just noting they exist and are something that would likely need to be addressed. Charging them for congestion fees could be a way to scare off the riders.
Previously, my stance on CC’s were that it would have minimal impact on lower income groups as they are frequently in downtown areas meaning there are usually not a large group of people who would need to drive there for work/living there (if it is a habituated area). But with the rise of uber/lyft and other gig…
While I cannot speak for every transportation district, the taxes for my local one keep the lights on/routes going (and some expansion/improvements) the fares allow for more outreach stuff like allowing college students to ride for free, free shuttle service for disabled/seniors, etc. The argument, similar to the…
Those are all for the exact reason I said before, the people do not wish to put in more tax dollars than is enough to cover most of the basic maintenance to keep the system up and running. When there is growth it can take over a decade just to start the actual construction. While there is some work that could be done…
I can imagine the following conversation in Boston:
That is absolutely insane.
High density living has NEVER been good for people.
The urban planners dream of forcing people into ultra-high density living, and public transportation is absolutely a failed experiment. Their white knight was going to be Millenials living in the City and enduring all its privations, only to watch over the last few years as that group does exactly as every group…
Meh, not really. I lived in Manhattan for almost 20 years, had a car for the last ten. Driving in the city is not really that bad, and if you know the streets and traffic patterns, it’s actually pretty easy.
Maybe we should rethink the whole living in massive cities thing
I was taught to do that in typewriter days, and old habits died hard. Actually, they didn’t just die in my case — they were murdered in the word processing era by composition and layout pros who explained that what had once arguably made their job easier was now making it harder.
A single space is correct. Double-spacing is an artifact of typesetting conventions that no longer exist:
There’s evidence that the Sun has been working on weapons of mass destruction.
We can try to secure our planetary borders as much as we want but we all know that will never be enough. If we want to be truly safe we need to take the fight to the source of the problem. It is time to NUKE THE SUN.
I’m sure his heart is in the right place...