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Re:Virginia maps out optional per-mile road fee program for ... by refurb on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:18AM (#28458367)
Not priced into shipping, but equally borne by all tax payers. If all tax payers benefit through transportation of food and other essentials, that’s not really an externality? The people paying are the ones who benefit?
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Re:Virginia maps out optional per-mile road fee program for ... by rocqua on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:54PM (#28474535)
It's an externality because the people who are paying aren't the people who are causing the damage.

This isn't so much unfair, but it does remove incentives for the shippers to cause less damage to the roads.

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