• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    What if the profit doesn’t cover the cost of building and maintaining the roads?

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        there must be a way not involving taxes

        Not a meaningful one.

        Printing more money: this is just a flat tax because of inflation.

        Government owning resources: finite. The cost of those resources increases to support citizen needs. And the cost of that is borne by the consumer, I.e. the citizens. This is most likely a regressive tax.

        In the end, it’s all a tax. And if you don’t specifically target it, it’s a tax that hurts the poor.