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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by mtgx on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:22AM (#18587199)
How is it so ingenious? It's very common to tax the things you don't want your citizens to use much of. Like taxing alcohol or drinks with sugar, etc.
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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by jai_ on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:23AM (#18587935)
In the case of taxis, the additional taxation of fuel for example would affect the taxi owner more directly than the customer.

Applying the additional charge on-top of the original taxi fare itself, affects the customer more and directly influences the market dynamics better than a tax, which does it indirectly.

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