TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoElectric cars face ‘punitive’ fees, new restrictions in many stateswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down10·edit-21 year agoCan we just invest in public transit while taxing the fuck out of personal vehicles as well as cease subsiding oil, ffs?
minus-squarevagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·1 year agoThat wouldn’t work in the vast majority of the US, which is very spread out.
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minus-squarevagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoGreat, but punishing everyone who doesn’t live in a metro by taxing personal vehicles out of existence would be assinine.
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minus-squarevagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThe quote was “tax the fuck out of personal vehicles”. It doesn’t say non-electric personal vehicles.
minus-squareMomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down29·1 year agoHow about fuck off and spend your own money on shitty transit instead of wasting taxpayer money on it while restricting freedom?
minus-squarejetsetdorito@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agoFreedom to get stuck in traffic >>>>
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoFreedom to pay more in gas than I would for a transit pass.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoFreedom to be forced to get a licensed by the government just to move around
minus-squareMomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·1 year agoSo fucking end the licensing. It isn’t rocket science
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoFreedom to be run over by someone operating a three-ton piece of equipment without proper training and certification
minus-squareMomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoLmao it’s barely harder than walking
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI guess that’s why cars aren’t a leading cause of death for people under age 55. Oh wait they are.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYou realize we subside the oil industry with our taxes right? Edit: Also
minus-squareMomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSo fucking stop subsidizing it.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoGo up a couple comments… Edit *sigh* https://lemmy.world/comment/2516625
Can we just invest in public transit while taxing the fuck out of personal vehicles as well as cease subsiding oil, ffs?
That wouldn’t work in the vast majority of the US, which is very spread out.
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Great, but punishing everyone who doesn’t live in a metro by taxing personal vehicles out of existence would be assinine.
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The quote was “tax the fuck out of personal vehicles”. It doesn’t say non-electric personal vehicles.
How about fuck off and spend your own money on shitty transit instead of wasting taxpayer money on it while restricting freedom?
Freedom to get stuck in traffic >>>>
Freedom to pay more in gas than I would for a transit pass.
Freedom to be forced to get a licensed by the government just to move around
So fucking end the licensing. It isn’t rocket science
Freedom to be run over by someone operating a three-ton piece of equipment without proper training and certification
Lmao it’s barely harder than walking
I guess that’s why cars aren’t a leading cause of death for people under age 55.
Oh wait they are.
You realize we subside the oil industry with our taxes right?
Edit:
Also
So fucking stop subsidizing it.
Go up a couple comments…
Edit
*sigh* https://lemmy.world/comment/2516625