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This approach would place a disproportionate tax burden on the poorest sectors of the population, at least in the US. It's mandatory to have a car in order to get to work in most parts of the country. The structure already exists, punishing the least fortunate because of existing systems and structures seems punitive.


The poorest Americans do not own cars.


Three quarters of poor people in America have cars [0]. While the poorest people do not have them, car ownership is very common among poor Americans.

https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/under...




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