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axiolitelast Saturday at 10:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why should a delivery driver pay the toll for the road to my house, and not me? Why should I be able to exploit flat-rate product pricing like that and skim some money from all customers of the delivery service?

Why should I pay the toll to drive to a friend's house? They're the one getting the benefit out of having easy access to transportation.

What if my taxes pay for all the roads in my town, while the neighboring town chooses to implement tolls instead? Why should I get double-taxed? Prisoner's dilemma and race-to-the-bottom?

Why should I have to deal with having my license plate stolen, and police time wasted (who are paid out of taxes), because of people who don't pay the tolls?


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hdgvhicvyesterday at 12:26 AM

Delivery driver passes that costs of delivery on to you, so you do pay.

tshaddoxlast Saturday at 10:48 PM

Why stop there? Why should I pay for my own food, given that my employer, friends, and family benefit from me being well nourished?