captainktainer t1_j2ar7b7 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:45 PM

Reply to comment by No_Tax5256 in PSA: For those of you who operate non-electric vehicles, note that the NYS sales tax holiday on motor fuels is expiring tomorrow, so fill up before January 1 and save about 40c/gal. by HiFiGuy197

Then the government should send people a check or find more positive forms of stimulus, not further distort an already distorted market. Gasoline powered cars impose enormous negative externalities on the market, not least in the infrastructure required to support them. The gasoline tax recaptures a portion of the cost of those externalities and funds the infrastructure needed to support automobile travel.

The last thing we need to do is further incentivize driving.

tomtazm t1_j2bcek8 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:11 AM

So you want the goverment to increase inflation to solve the inflation problem?

Interesting.

captainktainer t1_j2bj3dy wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:00 AM

>or find more positive forms of stimulus

tomtazm t1_j2bnt7z wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:35 AM

What does that mean? Stimulus is what got us into this situation. It's not how we get out of it.

Rottimer t1_j2cq1qj wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:11 AM

Raising taxes actually fights inflation. Putting in place a gas tax holiday does the opposite.