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Keith Allred, the influential Harvard professor who heads the citizen group The Common Interest, asked about the House’s latest four-part transportation proposal, said, “I think there’s one obvious missing piece.” The change in registration fee brackets for cars and light trucks means owners of those vehicles would pay 8 percent more, but owners of heavy trucks wouldn’t, he said. “Our suggestion is whatever you do on cars and pickups, do an equal amount or more on heavy trucks,” Allred said. “The best evidence suggests heavy trucks are already underpaying their share (for road maintenance). … With this proposal, car and pickup owners would subsidize heavy truck owners even more.”
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thomg57 on April 23 at 6:38 p.m.
Just another example of citizen taxpayers subsidizing businesses.