How will states pay for roads when gas taxes evaporate?
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#3The general fund. Next question.
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#4With new taxes? LOL. This is the government we're talking about here folks. 99% of the time I actually click on the article before commenting but I literally can't resist on this title.
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#5How much worse will the roads become with electric vehicles that are traditionally quite a bit heavier than their ICE counterparts? Will it require more repairs/taxes?
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#6Maybe states should decrease their amount of roads in conjunction with this decline in revenue. That would make an even greater contribution towards lowering emissions by reducing the number of all cars, EV or otherwise.
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#7I can’t read the full thing due to the paywall, but having read the intro I would recommend states against adopting what Victoria did here in Aus - introduce a special EV tax.
While the rest of the world is trying to incentivise the move away from fossil fuels any which way, Victoria decided that buying EVs was cheating your taxes and represented a loophole. So they slapped a special tax just on them. With EVs being more expensive than ICE cars anyway, it really doesn’t help make it attractive to make the switch.
Yes, states need revenue, and a fuel tax has effectively been a good way to tax by road use. We’ll need another way. But let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot while doing it eh?
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#8With new taxes? LOL. This is the government we're talking about here folks. 99% of the time I actually click on the article before commenting but I literally can't resist on this title.
It really do be that simple sometimes. If they can convince people that “the lottery is here to pay for schools” I’m sure they’ll figure something out.
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#9With new taxes? LOL. This is the government we're talking about here folks. 99% of the time I actually click on the article before commenting but I literally can't resist on this title.
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#10Maybe we can have fewer cars and fewer roads and just focus more on building sustainable cities that are more focused on people instead of vehicles?