Let's approximate that 80% of households have a car and drive. An extremely conservative approximation, because the number is likely in the 90% range. So based on what's being suggested here, those households need to have the cost of road maintenance removed from the income and/or sales tax and they then instead pay tolls. But while we're at it, let's do the same for education, healthcare, etc. I mean if I am young and I don't have kids, I shouldn't have to pay for other people's health or the education of their kids. And if I don't use transit, my tax dollars should not be used to subsidize at least the capital costs of building transit. But not only that, lets have 18 wheelers, buses etc pay higher tolls because they effect roads disproportionately (as was suggested by other people in this thread).
I mean if I am being asked to pay-per-use for roads, it would be completely reasonable for me to ask pay-per-use for most government services. And if I am young, have no kids and have great health, I will save a lot of dollars, right?
Do we not see the problem with such a way to provide government services? I wouldn't want to live in a society with this kind of a system. It really sounds like a capitalist utopia where wealth will disproportionately effect what you can afford, even more so than it already does.
I mean if I am being asked to pay-per-use for roads, it would be completely reasonable for me to ask pay-per-use for most government services. And if I am young, have no kids and have great health, I will save a lot of dollars, right?
Do we not see the problem with such a way to provide government services? I wouldn't want to live in a society with this kind of a system. It really sounds like a capitalist utopia where wealth will disproportionately effect what you can afford, even more so than it already does.