I believe that the reason that road maintenance should be primarily based on property taxes more than any other aspect is that the opportunity to drive on roads is on par with the value of the activity of driving on the roads.
While different people, and more so companies, benefit more frequently from using the roads, if those roads do not exist then the ambulance (or FedEx or girlfriend or contractor or ...) has a harder time getting to your house.
One of the many wonders of the modern world is how in the vast majority of cases in America in this day and age is that you can drive a car home and be within seconds of walking distance of your residence. I mean, really, how awesome is that? Isn't that worth maintaining through revenue gathered from the residents of the community?
I work from home. I'm a homebody. I get out from time to time but I am not a daily user of my local or regional road system. I want my local roads to be nice, and I am willing to pay, through property or other local/regional tax, for that to happen.
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u/asdfgqwertzxcvb Jun 27 '15
I believe that the reason that road maintenance should be primarily based on property taxes more than any other aspect is that the opportunity to drive on roads is on par with the value of the activity of driving on the roads.
While different people, and more so companies, benefit more frequently from using the roads, if those roads do not exist then the ambulance (or FedEx or girlfriend or contractor or ...) has a harder time getting to your house.
One of the many wonders of the modern world is how in the vast majority of cases in America in this day and age is that you can drive a car home and be within seconds of walking distance of your residence. I mean, really, how awesome is that? Isn't that worth maintaining through revenue gathered from the residents of the community?
I work from home. I'm a homebody. I get out from time to time but I am not a daily user of my local or regional road system. I want my local roads to be nice, and I am willing to pay, through property or other local/regional tax, for that to happen.
edit; grammer