Re:H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
by munk-a on Saturday September 10, 2022 @03:20AM
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I would like to direct your attention to Europe where they can do both and the passenger train service is extremely well run and used widely.
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Re:H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
by matt_attack on Saturday September 10, 2022 @09:31AM
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Except busses and airplane flights tend to be much cheaper than train tickets there (excluding subways/local trains). If trains were so efficient that would likely be shown in the pricing.
While in Spain for several months it was only economical for me to take a train a single time. It was several times more expensive than the alternatives in every other case. This left me either flying or bussing.
In Stockholm it's actually cheaper to take a bus to the airport than the train, and that's just local travel.
Re:H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
by ClumsyPilot on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:48AM
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because trains pylay for railways but busses dont pay for the road
Re:H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
by matt_attack on Saturday September 10, 2022 @12:33PM
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That's not necessarily true. Fuel taxes and registration pay for road construction and most railway construction is heavily subsidized by governments.