The Thriller
Well-Known Member
Shut it you college educated coastal elitist Marxist. The working class slobs have had enough of elites like you with your fancy schmancy hybrid cars. You think you’re better than we working class folks types. You probably read good and think illegals deserve to not be mindlessly deported to gulags in El Salvador. Loser. Which is why we voted for Trump, in your face #letsgoBrandon. And once he and our team ram this through late at night without really reading it, we’ll celebrate another W and L for your side. Rah rah rah! So much winning!Just found out that due to the Big Beautiful Billionaire Bonus Bill that just passed, I now have to pay an extra $100 dollars each year because my wife's car is a hybrid.
If you drive a fully electric vehicle then you have to pay an extra $250 each year.
I guess it's because drivers of those vehicles use less gas and therefore pay less taxes on the gas that they aren't buying and the taxes paid on gas goes towards fixing roads and stuff and hybrid drivers and electric vehicle drivers also use the roads so they should contribute as much towards roadwork.
And that actually makes sense but it still sucks. Also, why not make people pay a fee who simply drive less often and shorter distances?
If you walk (or ride a bike) to work or the store then you should be subjected to this extra fee. If you are retired and don't work and rarely drive then you should have to pay this fee. Use public transportation? Pay the fee. Carpool? Pay the fee. Live really close to work? Pay the fee.
You might say, well those people aren't using the roads as much so they shouldn't have to pay as much but I might own a hybrid or EV and also walk (or bike) to the store and to work and live close to work and be retired etc.
It feels like a fee that exists to incentivize people to buy gas only cars and punish those who don't buy gas only cars.