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Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by jonknee on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:44PM (#16182719)
More comparison: Seattle $597 a year (just got my bill recently, vast majority pays for transit expansion)
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Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by andys627 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:52PM (#16182771)
Woah! Seattle and LA are majorly investing in transit. I'm excited to visit as they come online throughout my life!
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Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by barsonme on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:32AM (#16184338)
"Seattle" is not. Three counties—Snohomish, King, and Pierce—are funding Sound Transit via insanely high car tabs (as well as additional property and sales taxes...), even though Pierce County voted against it and Snohomish only slightly for it.

If you've got a $16,000 car (KBB) you'll pay ~$425. For reference: they valued my 18 year old beater Corolla with 300k miles at approximately $1,700. KBB puts my car at $600. Granted, the MVET predates the RTA tax, but 0.3% is manageable. 1.1% is utterly insane.

And it's a 25 year project.

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