To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM is limited to 55MPH

Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by ajsnigrutin on Saturday March 12, 2022 @06:02AM (#30650560)

This is problematic, because someone poor then can't drive at all, and someone rich just pays a bit more, to ride his private jet.

It's easy to say "just buy electric"... but that's 40k+ eur right now, and if you live in an apartment building, you have nowehere to charge it, unless you wait at a public charging station for hours every few days.

We have A LOT of people warning against climate change, eg obama:

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate

But we also have obama buying waterfront property, which will supposedly be underwater soon.

https://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-buy-home-on-marthas-v...

Same for the terminator:

https://www.schwarzeneggerclimateinitiative.com/about

But drives a monstrosity of an SUV:

https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/21/arnold-schwarzenegger-car-acc...

So yes... raise the taxes, the poor won't be able to drive at all, their houses will be cold all winter, and massive polluters will still pollute.

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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by eru on Saturday March 12, 2022 @11:20PM (#30657925)

Give the poor person money, if you want to help her. Use an income tax (or land value tax or similar) on the rich guy to finance that.

No need to mix up your redistribution apparatus with your pigovian taxes. Both of them would be worse off for this double duty.

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