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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by TheCoelacanth on Saturday June 24, 2023 @02:47PM (#36461552)
Vehicle registration fees are a way of offsetting a small part of the massive subsidies the government gives to vehicles. If anything, they should be much higher for everyone.
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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by ilyt on Saturday June 24, 2023 @03:53PM (#36462143)
Nope, that's idiotic.

If you want them to pay, tax the fuel and consumables like tyres, or put a tax based on how hard is to recycle the car once it hits the scrapper. Bit more complex with EVs I admit, but making someone pay just for keeping car even if they use it once a week is silly.

Yearly fee should be proportional to legalese required to keep it registered (paying wages), not much more.

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