Central Planning fails again.....as in most cases, rail is a government failure
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Nope. You will pay for both roads and mass transit. I prefer we create separate funds and stop robbing one to pay for another.
LOL... there is only one fund being robbed here. I'm all for separate funds, paid for by those using that service. I'm willing to pay for the services I use, why do you expect me to pay for the ones you use?
LOL... there is only one fund being robbed here. I'm all for separate funds, paid for by those using that service. I'm willing to pay for the services I use, why do you expect me to pay for the ones you use?
You don't use every road in the country either, so what's the difference? You will pay for both roads and transit, no big deal.
You don't use every road in the country either, so what's the difference?
It would not be difficult for me to pay for what roads I use. As I suggested previously make the fees such as registration enough to cover administrative costs and implement a per mile tax based on the weight of the vehicle. That's about as fair as it gets, my vehicle does X amount damage to the road and when adjusted for the weight I'm paying for the damage I do. Currently the fuel tax partly accomplishes this, typically larger vehicles consume more fuel and pay more.
This would include trucking which would see a significant increase in the tax they pay. The trucking industry is subsidized and that burden falls primarily onto the motorist. Increasing the tax on the trucking industry to an equitable amount would increase the cost of goods at the store placing the burden on everyone instead of just motorists. Long term I'll pay less for roads because the trucking industry will paying more and/or the raods will see less damage as more freight mores to rail. This may even help rail transit as more rail will be needed to meet the demands of increased long haul freight.
It would not be difficult for me to pay for what roads I use. As I suggested previously make the fees such as registration enough to cover administrative costs and implement a per mile tax based on the weight of the vehicle. That's about as fair as it gets, my vehicle does X amount damage to the road and when adjusted for the weight I'm paying for the damage I do. Currently the fuel tax partly accomplishes this, typically larger vehicles consume more fuel and pay more.
This would include trucking which would see a significant increase in the tax they pay. The trucking industry is subsidized and that burden falls primarily onto the motorist. Increasing the tax on the trucking industry to an equitable amount would increase the cost of goods at the store placing the burden on everyone instead of just motorists. Long term I'll pay less for roads because the trucking industry will paying more and/or the raods will see less damage as more freight mores to rail. This may even help rail transit as more rail will be needed to meet the demands of increased long haul freight.
No thanks. You will need to pay for both as that's how infrastructure works best.
People on here seem to be confused about how railroads operate and the reason they are no longer in the passenger rail business its called economics.Norfolk Southern operates in 22 states the District of Columbia and Canada with 30,000 employees which see over 22,000 miles of track 20,000 buildings and infrastructure to maintain on their own.I believe their capital improvement budget was a record 2.4 billion dollars for maintaining their own line so you all can get the lastest goodies from communist China....suckers!
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