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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (360992)12/1/2007 8:15:08 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (3) of 1574042
 
Car drivers pay a lot of taxes, gasoline taxes, often various personal property taxes, also other fees and charges. They might still receive a net subsidy but its less clear.

Yes but the tax on gas is not enough to do all the work that needs to be done on the US's infrastructure. That's why the bridge collapse happened in MN. We have a lot of deferred maintenance. And why is that? The US has been unwilling to tax gas in the amount it should be taxed to do all the improvements that need to be done as well as develop new infrastructure. Hence, many of this country's roads and bridges are a time bomb waiting to happen.

Trucks probably do receive a net subsidy. Their drivers pay more, but they tear up the roads a lot more.

You're probably right.

Air traffic clearly receives subsidies, periodically airlines even get large direct subsidies. I would like to see those eliminated.

It ain't going to happen. Public transportation is a difficult industry on which to make a profit.
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