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Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology by nsnick on Thursday December 07, 2017 @08:54AM (#15869949)
You are talking about ration cards. This has been tried. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ration_stamp
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Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology by shawnz on Thursday December 07, 2017 @10:17AM (#15870706)
It is still being used in the United States with the food stamps program.
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Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology by nsnick on Thursday December 07, 2017 @12:21PM (#15871860)
Food stamps are equivalent to cash. A true rationing program as proposed would prevent you from using cash. This creates black markets which is why it is bad.
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