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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by jachee on Saturday March 12, 2022 @03:47AM (#30650025)
“Who cares about all those poors, right?”
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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by kortilla on Saturday March 12, 2022 @02:48PM (#30654292)
“Who cares about climate change when it means I’ll have to take the bus or apply for some electric car subsidy, right?”
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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by eru on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:50PM (#30657760)
Please don't argue in favour of electric car subsidies (or any other subsidies).

That's just needless paperwork, and never catches all use cases. Eg the guy who walks doesn't get an electric car subsidy. Or the guy who practices hypermiling on his ICE, vs the guy who drives his ICE like a maniac. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling

Much easier to just apply an emission tax (or a cap-and-trade program) and let people figure it out by themselves without extra paperwork and government favouritism.

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