this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Unfortunately, the prime minister won't endorse his minister.

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[–] TemporaryBoyfriend 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's an easy way to do it. Tax everything to do with cars - licenses, registrations, fuel, fluids (oil, transmission, coolant, etc.), tires, and insurance -- and direct 100% of that money into public transit projects - increasing frequency and reliability of existing service, adding new services and routes, and offsetting fees for users. The best transit is cheap, fast, and good.

[–] chemsed 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One the parties in opposition suggested a tax for power-hungry cars and they got attacked on it during the last campaign. The population must accept the difficult choice, because the status quo is not sustainable.

[–] jerkface 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, there is nothing that ensures that they must.