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The infrastructure is also used for far more than cars. What percentage of the "infrastructure" should be borne by all non-car uses?
The 50% number is nonsense -- it was posted a while back, with source, and even that source showed that road-related taxes paid for 70% (not 50%) of road costs.
The 50% number is nonsense -- it was posted a while back, with source, and even that source showed that road-related taxes paid for 70% (not 50%) of road costs.
I don't claim to be the source of the percentage nor agree with the percentage. The 50% number came from the poster. I was simply exposing the poster as little more than an anti-car zealot.
The poster was specific to cars. However there are plenty of non-car users of the road. His complaint was that cars didn't pay for 100% of the infrastructure. The rebuttal is: there are users other than cars - why should cars be responsible for 100%? Of course there is also the rebuttal of "so what" why should road related taxes pay for 100% of the infrastructure? Those car owners are also paying property taxes and income taxes so why shouldn't they expect government to provide some benefit for the money taken.
The 50% number is nonsense -- it was posted a while back, with source, and even that source showed that road-related taxes paid for 70% (not 50%) of road costs.
Because the whiner was asking to impose even more taxes - and it was clear that the taxes were already high - some of the highest in the nation. It was also apparent that more taxes were not going to solve the problem in his area.Says who? The infrastructure is also used for far more than cars. What percentage of the "infrastructure" should be borne by all non-car uses? Where do you think the other 50% is coming from? Car drivers. You can make the claim that everything is a liability but just because you make the statement doesn't make it so. Housing is a liability. After all the owner has a liability for property taxes, right?
You have made no logical case nor provided any facts for your claim that cars are a liability nor indicated to whom they are a liability. For most folks cars are an economic asset or an enabler for economic improvement for the owner or user. Based on your "logic" higher unemployment is desirable because it results in reduced congestion, gets people off the roads, and frees up parking. Without employment you don't need mass transit. Shipping people around in high volume along government-mandated paths and destinations is hardly a reason in and of itself to promote free rides for transit zealots. Transit serves a fraction of the populace expected to pay for it.
Actually I have at least a half dozen posts in this thread on why cars are a liability. I have no need to repeat myself to someone who can't read.
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Anyone can feel free to critique my numbers. But, really… gas tax pays for the roads.
Now, because this is CD, I always have to explain myself. I personally am not opposed to public transit, and I think one good reason for having a good PT system is that some people can't afford private autos. But I do not believe there is a right to subsidized transit. When transit systems were first built, they were run by for-profit companies. As fewer people used them,they started losing money and even failing, so the govt. stepped in. My "inner Libertarian" sneaking out to say hello!
That's because certain industries (transportation, education, and health care) are more efficient under control of the government. Privatization of those industries always leads to increased costs with no improvement to service.
Yes, no one has a right to public transit. The point of public transit is to allow low-income people an opportunity to get around (hopefully to their place of employment). I guess we would rather have more people on welfare!
That's because certain industries (transportation, education, and health care) are more efficient under control of the government. Privatization of those industries always leads to increased costs with no improvement to service.
Yes, no one has a right to public transit. The point of public transit is to allow low-income people an opportunity to get around (hopefully to their place of employment). I guess we would rather have more people on welfare!
What is your measure of efficiency? From an energy standpoint, another poster already illustrated that transit is at best only marginally more efficient than some cars. Even then it was only some forms of transit. Of course, the energy efficiency of transit drops pretty drastically when the transit vehicle isn't full.
Folks would be better off keeping their cars than buying into your false efficiency argument.
"Welfare transit" does not assist low-income people.
What is your measure of efficiency? From an energy standpoint, another poster already illustrated that transit is at best only marginally more efficient than some cars. Even then it was only some forms of transit. Of course, the energy efficiency of transit drops pretty drastically when the transit vehicle isn't full.
Folks would be better off keeping their cars than buying into your false efficiency argument.
"Welfare transit" does not assist low-income people.
For one, those statistics presented by the poster apply to operational costs only.. they don't account for long-term economic effects. I am sick of repeating what we already know; cars are a net economic drain on society. Health care, pollution, climate change, congestion / loss of economic output, affects housing, etc.
Actually I have at least a half dozen posts in this thread on why cars are a liability. I have no need to repeat myself to someone who can't read.
No, they're both since they are generally debt financed and the use of which exposing you to liability. You can repeat yourself until you're blue in the face but it won't make you any less wrong. All it does is make you repeatedly wrong.
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