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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
And my Fit hurts the road less per mile than a Suburban, so I'm okay with SUVs paying more than I do. They could have bought something less damaging.
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Exactly your fit hurts the road, parking, traffic and pollution less than the suburban
Fuel taxes incentivize thrift and enable legal avoidance of taxes for lower income tiers.
Fuel tax is also one of a very few efficient taxes.
The effort required to collect a 1/10 of a percent more tax via elaborate schemes is quite wasteful and unnecessary in most states