New EV fee proposals charge owners 2-3x what gas drivers pay in federal tax : electricvehicles

[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] Steve@communick.news 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is the way

[–] dumbluck@midwest.social -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

ELI5 why can't we just do away with the property tax and make all roads toll roads?

[–] Steve@communick.news 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Property tax is about much more than roads.
It's mostly not about roads. It about police, fire, schools, and practically everything else also.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

We can do that, but if you want commerce to thrive and poor people not to starve in their homes, having public non-toll roads is for the best.

Also, getting rid of property taxes would be effectively a huge gift to the wealthy, who are already getting richer disproportionately fast.

I mean we could intentionally go back to the feudal system, but I think most people would riot.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

every yearly inspection

LOL. No one inspects cars in North America.

[–] Zomg@piefed.world 1 points 6 months ago

I think it depends per state, but yeah usually it's when you sell a car it first has to be inspected. Maybe he means emissions test, but...EVs lol

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or just tax the tires.

[–] kimchi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is brilliant: tire wear (loss of X grams of rubber) scales with distance traveled, vehicle weight, speed and aggressive driving.

but the supply chain is very hard to lock-down, without tire serial numbers.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Then people will buy harder tires which are more dangerous.

[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yep, that's because it's from the party owned by oil.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

land of the free (to be scammed and ripped off). Home of the brave (and stupid to stay)

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Very few have the means to just leave.

[–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

oh no a $250 dollar fee on my EV is going to ruin all the math I did with gas at a $2.50 when I got my car. oh wait its how much now?

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