• blazera@kbin.social
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    Live in mississippi, it should be #1, like it always is for shitty metrics.

    Fun mississippi fact for today, if you own an electric or hybrid car you have to pay extra taxes.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of places do that, they say its because they don’t pay as much gas tax (which is true), which generally go toward maintaining roads and such.

      I think we all know it doubles as a “liberal tax” though.

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        The only reasonable tax I could see being applied to an electric car is a weight tax, but that should be for all cars, not just electric. If your cars weighs more, you should pay more, especially at the city level.

        More weight means it produces more wear and tear on roads. Not to mention they are more deadly, even at low speeds.

        But I doubt this would happen in Mississippi lol

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        Fun fact. WA is looking into getting rid of gas taxes and imposing a per mile driven tax due at registration.

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      Lived there for decades, have to agree.

      You have very few rights as a worker. Pay is dogshit, even for better jobs. Life there sucks even if you’re well off. Doesn’t matter if you’re rich, poor, left, right, black or white, it’s gon’ suck donkey balls being there.

      Still made the best of my time there but now I’ve moved to Northern Europe and the difference is night and day.