How many lay abouts in the cities drive cars? How about we tax each subway ride??
The other problem with this tax is that it is what is called a “regressive tax,” meaning it hits those with lower incomes harder.
If you live in a place with public transportation and work in that same place, you’re probably not driving, whether you’re rich or poor.
But if you work in one of these places and commute, you will be paying…the lower income workers tend to live further away because of housing costs, and thus will have to drive further.
Prices of car services, etc. will also rise, so even lower income people who aren’t driving their own vehicles will have to pay more.
Farmers and agricultural workers have to drive a lot every day, so their costs will rise significantly.
Thus everybody’s costs rise and everybody’s prices will have to rise and we are in the famous inflationary cycle, which means everybody ends up with no money at all when it collapses.
Only Democrats (and RINOs) could be so stupid.
How about we simply charge subway riders the true cost of their trip? I’m tired of my highway/gasoline tax monies going to SEPTA (Philly) while the bridges and highways I drive everyday crumble.