Like most other niche "this should be free for poor people" issues, the easiest and fastest way to fund such things is via universally refundable taxes on motor fuel.
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Buses should be free for everyone: unworkable simpleton idea. Gas should be $8/gal for everyone: based, genius material.
jun 18, 2025, 6:14 pm • 17 2 • view
What if we taxed rich people more
jun 18, 2025, 10:58 pm • 7 1 • view
A refundable gas tax would tax rich people more.
jun 18, 2025, 11:50 pm • 2 0 • view
Lol
jun 18, 2025, 11:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Poor people burn more gas per dollar they make, so it's a regressive tax, just like every sales tax.
jun 21, 2025, 1:23 pm • 1 0 • view
A refundable gas tax means everyone gets a per capita share of the revenue in the mail every month, so if your hypothetical poor person pays no income tax then they also pay no gas tax, and if they burn less gas then the average person it's actually net new income. Thanks for coming to my talk.
jun 21, 2025, 1:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah I just gave up at that point
jun 21, 2025, 1:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Like you'd need to make everyone not so dependent on cars
jun 21, 2025, 1:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Unsurprisingly, many of us support that and no one in this thread is arguing against that.
jun 18, 2025, 11:01 pm • 1 0 • view
And yet
jun 18, 2025, 11:02 pm • 0 0 • view
A portion of CA cap and trade taxes on CO2 emissions from gasoline (paid at the pump) do go to transit. I think it should higher. Add VMT taxes. Bus lanes would significantly reduce operating cost of buses network. But the free parking lobby 🤦🏻♀️
jun 18, 2025, 6:21 pm • 4 0 • view