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Comment by f7fg_u-_h

One thing that the author misses is that a dollar spent on congestion charges doesn't matter the same to everyone. A fancy lawyer probably doesn't even think about a $10 toll but a grocery cashier probably would drive an extremely inefficient route to avoid that toll.

I think we need to find a way to "charge" people in a way that matters equally to everyone. I usually advocate for things in terms of time (community service hours) because that perfectly hedges against the person's wage level. Although I suppose given their tax receipts we could just adjust the monetary charge for their observed hourly wage.

Any other ideas for adjusting "charges" to have equal importance for different people?

parent f7fg_u-_h 4 years ago

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