02-25-2024, 02:53 PM
(02-25-2024, 12:35 PM)bravado Wrote:(02-25-2024, 12:18 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The silver lining in this otherwise dumb decision is that it benefits low-income people (proportionally) much more: for them, a savings of $100/year is much more meaningful than for the middle class and up.
But low income people are obviously less likely to drive? Yet another subsidy from the poor to the less-poor and often rich.
Less likely, yes. But many do drive, given the logistics of getting from their housing to their employment. And, for those people, it is a help. (I'd prefer to support them in other ways, but at least this dumb decision has some upside.