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isaacremuant ◴[] No.43994007[source]
Everything tends to optimize to benefit the rich. Just like tax incentives on expensive electric vehicles.

Of course every other metric section is beaming but the one about affecting lower income is "it's too early to tell".

It's not fair economics or policy making if it always skews one way. It's like "carbon tax to force people not to fly or move, while elite private planes are essential".

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1. ausbah ◴[] No.43997022[source]
i think this is an issue with how flat fees are inherently a regressive tax. if you scale fees & tolls to be more income based the problem goes away

but also the current setup has income based exemptions / lowered rates