• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s a good rule not to make essential safety items more expensive. Because consumers in general will always choose a cheaper, less safe option.

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      8 months ago

      yeah if anything a subsidy for safer tires and doing proper maintenance on brakes and other safety system would be what you want.

      what is subsidized, there is more of than there otherwise would be

      and the opposite is true for what is taxed.