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Re: Government Driving Restrictions



Mr. Fun (gribble@primenet.com) wrote:
: coolhand@Glue.umd.edu (Kevin Anthony Scaldeferri) wrote:

: >While I'm not a fan of government control in general, I'm going to
: >make a few comments about this


: >In article <3uj0u0$9l3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, CVC411 <cvc411@aol.com> wrote:

: >>is due to deliver policy options to the President in late September, but
: >>you have an opportunity now to let your government know what you think of
: >>these policies before the package is put into final form.  Here are some
: >>examples of the policies this committee is considering:
: >>
: >>•	Road Use Pricing:  New taxes on motorists and businesses based on
: >>how much they use public streets and highways.
: >>
: >Fine, makes sense.  As is everyone pays equally for the roads regardless
: >of how much they use them.  Wouldn't you feel it was unfair if you
: >rarely drive, or always use public transportation, but had to pay the
: >same as someone who drives 30,000 miles a year

: So why is it OK that VIRTUALLY ALL MASS TRANSIT is heavily subsidized?  The
: BEST systems get nearly 50% of their cost subsidized.  These proposals to make
: the dirivng public pay would be a bit more palitable if the way they ignore
: the mass transit subsidies wasn't ignored in all this.  Currently DRIVERS are
: paying their FULL cost of what goes into the roads PLUS they are subsidizing
: mass transit.  This attempt to further tax them is an outrage.






Your motoring costs are also subsidized.  Georgia, for example, 
appropriates a lot more for roads than what the gas tax provides.  Police 
patrols, signal lights, rest areas, lighting -- all these are paid for by 
taxes.  What Georgia charges for a driver's license doesn't begin to 
cover the cost of testing or even making the license itself.


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