tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post8764536475137010309..comments2024-03-06T06:52:39.051-05:00Comments on The Lexington Streetsweeper: More on "Black Boxes"The Lexington Streetsweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951887343694165562noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-80885175657838873782013-11-05T07:27:39.511-05:002013-11-05T07:27:39.511-05:00A mileage tax is inevitable, but the long term eff...A mileage tax is inevitable, but the long term effect will simply be to drive - no pun intended - more people out of the private automobile market faster. Many neighborhoods in Lexington are already to the point where few can afford the costs of a car: payments, gas, insurance, and taxes. As these coats climb more and more households that consider themselves middle class will find they just cannot afford a car anymore. Mc-wally-woet jobs simply do not pay enough, even if you have two or three of them, for a middle class lifestyle. Poverty in increasing in the 'burbs for just this reason - ironically where public transit is least accessible. So a mileage tax will only postpone the inevitable. Many roads will have to go back to gravel or dirt anyway. The post-living-wage economy cannot generate enough tax revenue to support a living wage infrastructure base. That is not going to change.Ahavahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208021780750920057noreply@blogger.com