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This how the Governor of Oregon wants to finance her transportation plan (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/23/koteks-transportation-plan-6-cent-gas-tax-increase-registration-fee-hikes-and-doubled-transit-tax/

I think increasing the payroll tax is a mistake. People who don't own a car should actually be rewarded because they pollute far less, they don't disable workers, they don't require traffic police, they don't emit CO2....

I would replace the payroll tax with a weight tax on huge SUVs.

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Payroll taxes are notoriously regressive. The wealthy can easily dodge salary as capital gains. Even then payroll taxes usually have a cap at some value so the most you could collect from a person getting a 7 figure salary is .02% of the first 100k or whatever the cap is at.

The stiff working at autozone will pay .02% of his gross paycheck.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    A fair point. If presented as a package, I would still support these propositions, though. Like, ideally I want everything funded via land value and pigouvian taxes - but I'll take my wins where I can get them.

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