Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes?
by samemail88 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:42AM
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The government can levy large taxes on new big vehicles just like they did with cigarettes. If the largest SUVs had a 25% tax on it, I think most people will not buy it (basically limiting it). Or if the gas prices went to $10 a gallon, people will ditch their big vehicles.
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Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes?
by bombcar on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:45AM
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The government can just directly subsidize the vehicles they like, as they are attempting to do with electric cars.
Define a weight and drop taxes/offer refunds for people who buy them, see more of them appear.
Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes?
by celtain on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:53AM
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The government should tax/regulate things that have negative externalities, and the greater the externality, the harsher the restrictions should be.
Subsidizing smaller cars is a bad idea because they still have negative externalities, just less so. The government shouldn't be favoring driving a small car over walking, but that's exactly what a small (or electric) car subsidy does.
The reason we subsidize EVs instead of taxing gas-powered cars is because the latter is politically unpopular, not because the former is a better designed policy.
Re:Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes?
by ibejoeb on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:52AM
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Sure. The post says nothing about that though. Just a bunch of baseless assertions about cars being bigger than ever, but the '90s versions were super comfortable. OK.
> Consumers who fear for their safety and buy big cars and rest assure nobody else will be driving an even bigger car.
Sounds like a middle-schooler banging out a 3-point persuasive essay asap so he can use the rest of the time to play drug wars on his ti-82.