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RE: And you are bragging about $9/gal ???

Yes, and they pay a 100% tax on cars as well so the $70,000 Mercedes comes with a $70,000 tax to the government! And you pay $50,000 plus for a parking spot. You own it though and they appreciate so I suppose that's not too bad.

But hey the roads and bridges here are PRISTINE. A pleasure to drive upon which explains why there are so many awesome cars on the roads.

$9 is no problem when you make 3-6 times the money for the same job here that you do in America.

A double win is that the transportation system is so ridiculously good that having a car would take you twice as long to get anywhere. Investing money in a rock star transportation system has the benefit of getting more people off the roads so that you are not stuck in traffic all the time. IE: if you do own a nice sports car you can actually drive the thing like a sports car.

High Gas prices reduce traffic - more people have to take public transportation/walk/ride so rich people are happy because they can drive their Lotus on the freeways in Rush hour woo-hoo rich people win. I repeat RICH PEOPLE WIN!! They get their fancy car and less traffic - get the paeons and slow ass cars like the Chevy Spark off the damn roads - eesh must suck when those crappy cars are in the passing lane.

Middle class and poor win if the transportation is made to be Rock Star quality as they would not waste their little amount of money driving a car at all - instead they could buy a transit pass. Surely, the richest country in the history of the world isn't so incompetent that they can't beat the third-world China??!! China is Bigger country than the US so don't give me that - "America is too big for good transit nonsense."

Oh and hey - fewer cars means less smog. A little side benefit is that it might also let you live a bit longer with fewer vehicles on the roads killing you.

You guys need scientists, engineers, city planners to be your politicians and get things designed properly.

When the pandemic lifts go for a vacation in Hong Kong or South Korea or Tokyo - and see how transportation is done. Don't watch Fox News or CNN or other BS - go there yourself - get on the train and use the bus - then go see how crappy it is in your home state/Province.

Taxes should actually benefit the people in the country and not some weapons manufacturers. And it's not political - it's crap no matter who is president/Prime Minister.

Look at the overall experience including the cleanliness factor. It's so nice to get on a train where there is no graffiti, or gangsters, or obnoxious drunks or general thugs. The reason other people in other countries don't understand Americans and their guns is that, in general, no one ever feels the least bit unsafe EVER in any of those countries.

A single gorgeous female can walk down any street 24/7 in HK or Tokyo or Korea and not have to worry.

The last time I was on the BART in San Fran I was thinking - man I wish I had a .357 and a bulletproof vest. So I totally get why folks there want to be packing heat 24/7. To me, that is a deep societal ill when everyone is terrified of getting killed at the mall or at the theatre or at when their kid is in primary school. Metal detectors at school - FFS! That is nuts.


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