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0 pointsfrancisofascii2y ago0 comments

> Eventually of course road taxes need to be extracted from something other than fuel.

If we get to a point where fuel consumption is so low that it stops generating significant tax revenue, then that is a great problem to have.

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loeg2y ago

There's a gulf between "fuel tax drops 50% leading to budget shortfalls" and "drops 99% to insignificant revenue" and states still need to pay for roads during that window.

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0 pointsfrancisofascii2y ago0 comments

> Eventually of course road taxes need to be extracted from something other than fuel.

If we get to a point where fuel consumption is so low that it stops generating significant tax revenue, then that is a great problem to have.

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loeg2y ago

There's a gulf between "fuel tax drops 50% leading to budget shortfalls" and "drops 99% to insignificant revenue" and states still need to pay for roads during that window.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse