12-20-2016, 04:53 PM
(12-20-2016, 03:16 PM)SammyOES2 Wrote: ijmorlan, let's go with this. Why don't you post a source showing that motorists get "(almost) free roads"?
I showed one showing there's 65-85% cost recovery.
This is an absurd question. Ok, this afternoon I drove to an appointment. Did I have to pay to use the roads?
No. My finances are exactly the same now as they would have been if I had walked to the appointment.
End of story, undisputable, with the possible exception of the gas tax (not HST, the gas-specific tax). If you want to claim otherwise, you need to explain how my finances are different, how I was billed, what fee I was charged, what price I had to pay to use the road.
That’s (almost — gas tax!) free.
The fact that I am paying for the roads in my capacity as a taxpayer is irrelevant. I am not paying for them in my capacity as a driver.
Even the gas tax is arguably a poorly-implemented carbon tax, so it’s arguable.