Kim on Nostr: Once more for the people up the back: Fuel excise does not pay for road maintenance ...
Once more for the people up the back: Fuel excise does not pay for road maintenance and hasn't done for 50 years.
The general revenue collected from fossil fuel doesn't even offset the subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industry or the health/environmental damage done through its use.
If you want to tax people to use roads then tax all road users.
Victorian electric car owners win High Court challenge against controversial tax - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-18/high-court-judgement-on-victorian-ev-drivers-tax/102989942
The general revenue collected from fossil fuel doesn't even offset the subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industry or the health/environmental damage done through its use.
If you want to tax people to use roads then tax all road users.
Victorian electric car owners win High Court challenge against controversial tax - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-18/high-court-judgement-on-victorian-ev-drivers-tax/102989942