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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by coldtea on Friday February 17, 2017 @05:06AM (#13667196)
>We slight subsidizing driving, but not by much

Must also factor in the untold billions used by the military to ensure cheap oil.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by AnthonyMouse on Friday February 17, 2017 @05:23AM (#13667263)
That's sort of fair, but only if the "stop subsidizing cars" money comes from reducing what we spend on the military, not some attempt to rebalance things by imposing a regressive tax on driving without doing anything to make driving-alternatives more viable.
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