Don't get up to this campsite much these days, mainly because I like my space, and this campsite is near other ones, and this one is often taken in the summer months. But weekdays in September, it's pretty quiet except maybe for a few passing by hunters.
I think this is a very fair and progressive tax. Most people have one or two parking spaces but wealthy businesses and large cities often have thousands. So the rich pay more but all pay some.
There are two billion parking spaces in America so this tax would raise 500 billion a year. That’s a nice chunk of money to spend on infrastructure each year.
That said, it’s only going to be getting darker and in a month if I take the express bus home I’ll be walking that last mile home in the dark.
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