[lbo-talk] Komanoff on Bloomberg's congestion pricing

[John Thornton]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> The real significance of the congestion charge is this: it  
> establishes the principle that safeguarding "the commons" -- our air,  
> water and public space -- requires that we exact from ourselves a  
> commensurate price for uses that damage or deplete it.

So now I have to pay taxes for roads that only rich people can drive on?
This is just a way to clear the roads of "riff-raff" so the wealthy can 
move about with greater ease.
A great many things need to be done about automobile over-reliance but 
this scheme isn't one of them.
How about a private vehicle free zone rather than an expensive rich 
people's vehicles only zone?
"Solutions" to environmental problems that hurt the poor and working 
class disproportionately are inherently unfair.

John Thornton