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Since you would be burning less fuel, reducing traffic on the freeways-not to mention your stress level-and generating less green-house gasses, I think you should be given a huge tax incentive of some kind. If folks want to drive alone their big 8 passenger SUVs 100 miles each way to work, great! But please give the rest of us some credit for being more considerate to the environment; truly understanding how to improve road safety; and significantly reducing individual stress levels.
That would be fine, as long as you don’t have a 12 cylinder Bentley sitting the the garage that you drive the 3 blocks to work and put on another 500 miles shopping on weekends. Seriously, it can’t be as simple as your proximity to work. The reality is that you are getting a tax credit if you don’t drive. Those of us driving are paying gas, property and motor vehicle fees that all go towards general funds in Federal, State and local governments. If you don’t drive you don’t pay those taxes. Now put appropriate taxes on gas etc that only go towards transit problems (including mass transit), and that will mean that if you drive you are penalized for it. How would we prove you were walking to work and not taking a limo on your tax credit? And just think how complex that would make auditiing tax returns. People cheat on how much they give to charitys (until this year they didn’t require a receipt), just imagine what they would do to get a tax credit? Sometime in the future hopefully city planners will do things to make it more attractive to live there. There will be a pool of electric cars for you to sign up to take out for errands so you don’t need to have so much garage space, etc. I agree something needs to be done – but a tax credit is definitely not the answer in my mind.
I live 8 miles from Work and ride a Bicycle to work 3 days a week Give me the money.
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That would be fine, as long as you don’t have a 12 cylinder Bentley sitting the the garage that you drive the 3 blocks to work and put on another 500 miles shopping on weekends.
Seriously, it can’t be as simple as your proximity to work. The reality is that you are getting a tax credit if you don’t drive. Those of us driving are paying gas, property and motor vehicle fees that all go towards general funds in Federal, State and local governments. If you don’t drive you don’t pay those taxes.
Now put appropriate taxes on gas etc that only go towards transit problems (including mass transit), and that will mean that if you drive you are penalized for it.
How would we prove you were walking to work and not taking a limo on your tax credit? And just think how complex that would make auditiing tax returns. People cheat on how much they give to charitys (until this year they didn’t require a receipt), just imagine what they would do to get a tax credit?
Sometime in the future hopefully city planners will do things to make it more attractive to live there. There will be a pool of electric cars for you to sign up to take out for errands so you don’t need to have so much garage space, etc.
I agree something needs to be done – but a tax credit is definitely not the answer in my mind.
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I wish that was the case unfortunately you can’t claim a Tax Credit even if you lived next door to your work place just think as you say you don’t live far from work thank your lucky stars you don’t otherwise it would cost a small fortune to get there and back I saw an advert thaat lets you run your car on water but it will cost you $600 for the attatchment
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i walk or ride my bike to work every day, all year..rain, snow, hot n humid, doesnt matter
sure, give me a tax credit…
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