Do Electric Cars dream of Gasoline Tax Sheep?
"How can that be?" you might ask. Didn't California enact a massive $5 billion increase in gas taxes just a couple years ago that was sold as necessary to cover the shortfall needed to fund road repairs? . How can they be short by even more than they were then, despite collecting $5 billion more?
This is why voting for tax increases is always a losing proposition, even when it's sold as a very worthwhile cause.
"How can that be?" you might ask. Didn't California enact a massive $5 billion increase in gas taxes just a couple years ago that was sold as necessary to cover the shortfall needed to fund road repairs? [Yes, they did.](https://archive.is/gFnoF). How can they be short by even more than they were then, despite collecting $5 billion ***more***?
This is why voting for tax increases is always a losing proposition, even when it's sold as a very worthwhile cause.
Do Electric Cars dream of Gasoline Tax Sheep?
No, but they pay an extra $100 registration fee over gasoline vehicles.
No, but they pay an extra $100 registration fee over gasoline vehicles.
If you assume the average driver runs about 12,000 miles a year in a car that gets 30MPG, that's only about 2/5 of what a gasoline car driver pays. Sounds like the tax needs to be about $250 extra.
If you assume the average driver runs about 12,000 miles a year in a car that gets 30MPG, that's only about 2/5 of what a gasoline car driver pays. Sounds like the tax needs to be about $250 extra.
It's a flawed system. Driving a car that gets 20 mpg doesn't wear out the road twice as much as a car that gets 40 mpg, but the 20 mpg car pays twice as much. The proper accounting would be by weight. The reason not a single state in the country funds road repairs this way is because the wear and tear increases exponentially with weight. A fully-loaded tractor trailer does as much damage as 9,000 cars but does not pay $5,625 per gallon. Instead, the government mandates that you pay for for the wear and tear caused by trucks, even ones carrying stuff you're never going to purchase.
It's a flawed system. Driving a car that gets 20 mpg doesn't wear out the road twice as much as a car that gets 40 mpg, but the 20 mpg car pays twice as much. The proper accounting would be by weight. The reason not a single state in the country funds road repairs this way is because the wear and tear increases exponentially with weight. A fully-loaded tractor trailer does as much damage as 9,000 cars but does not pay $5,625 per gallon. Instead, the government mandates that you pay for for the wear and tear caused by trucks, even ones carrying stuff you're never going to purchase.
This is why they constantly launder federal funds. If they stop the pyramid scheme they are all exposed.
This is why they constantly launder federal funds. If they stop the pyramid scheme they are all exposed.
British Columbians pay a total of $0.3696 per litre ($1.397/USgal) in taxes. The current price of fuel in the GVA (Greater Vancouver Area) is $1.51cad/L or $4.56usd/gal.
BC is currently run by a socialist party (New Democrats) with the Liberal Party (neoliberal) as the official opposition.
British Columbians pay a total of $0.3696 per litre ($1.397/USgal) in taxes. The current price of fuel in the GVA (Greater Vancouver Area) is $1.51cad/L or $4.56usd/gal.
BC is currently run by a socialist party (New Democrats) with the Liberal Party (neoliberal) as the official opposition.
Im just glad they have billions to spend on illegals
Im just glad they have billions to spend on illegals
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