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Why shouldn't you pay for using car infrastructure? You're damaging the environment and damaging the roads, it's a lot more sensical for the cost to be put on you, the driver, instead of burdening everyone else with higher income/sales taxes.
The point the seems to have missed you is that taxes should be what pays for the road
I just said – you're burdening other people with taxes for damage that you cause. Car infrastructure meant for drivers destroys the fabric of cities/towns, destroys the environment, and costs a shit ton of money on top of that.
Using more toll roads and similar things means you can "tax" people a lot more proportionately to how much they use cars on public infrastructure, instead of punishing people that don't use cars or use them less than others. It would be entitled to assume that everyone else should pay more taxes because you want to use an expensive destructive and dangerous mode of transportation rather than just take public transport or bike.
I also find it hilarious how my state gives tax credit for using/owning an electric car, but not for not using any car at all... this kind of shit is representative of the norm across most of the US, car drivers are directly subsidized by non-drivers.
(It's obviously a lot more complicated than "make more toll roads" since some jobs actually need vehicles, plus it'd make sense to mostly do it around densely populated areas)
It would be great if we could shift to a better system integrating better and much more robust public transit, but in much of the U.S. driving a car is the only option. I understand being upset with the system we have, but taking out your frustrations on many people who don't really have a choice is counterintuitive.