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Unusual-Solid3435 t1_j43gdqo wrote

Reply to comment by VanillaSkittlez in Tolls increase $1 this weekend for Port Authority crossings between New York and New Jersey by elizabeth-cooper

I think these are petty, vague, reactionary concerns that could be raised about any government program

Obviously it should be a progressive tax that affects the rich more.

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VanillaSkittlez t1_j43r2wn wrote

You almost certainly couldn’t do away with tolls without also raising taxes on the middle class. There simply isn’t enough tax revenue among the top earners to cover that. And if you tried to make it super progressive like 1950s era taxation with top earners getting taxed at 90% of income they would just… Yknow, leave. Or simply find ways to skirt it by avoiding making income and instead put it into assets.

All besides the point that eliminating tolls would simply incentivize car dependency. What better way to entice people to buy cars and use their existing cars more than to literally make everything free? The last thing this city needs is more motor vehicles on the roadways, and the bridge tolls serve as critical funding for public transit projects.

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Unusual-Solid3435 t1_j444hp9 wrote

There is plenty of tax revenue to draw from on the upper band, voters are just cheap reactionaries that act like it's all coming from our personal bank accounts.

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