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minus-squarefreziklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThey are taxed a lot. Are they taxed to the fourth power of axel weight? Not even close.
minus-squarenothead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoBased on your math, you’d be charging almost $2 million per year per truck. With that much money, you’d be building an entire nations worth of brand new infrastructure several times over each year.
They are taxed a lot. Are they taxed to the fourth power of axel weight? Not even close.
Based on your math, you’d be charging almost $2 million per year per truck. With that much money, you’d be building an entire nations worth of brand new infrastructure several times over each year.