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What the fuck does Regan have anything to do with a comparison from 2013 -> 2023?
What is this fixation with Regan I see on Lemmy literally everywhere?
The correct answer is to charge taxes based on miles driven * [a factor/multiplier of the]cars weight.
Not sure what a president from 1988 would have shit to do with this.
Edit: Also, this article is UK based... So it's even doubly so of "what the fuck does Regan have to do with it?"
People see a meme saying Reagan is the root of all evil and think it's actually true.
The actual root of all evil is fucking Woodrow Wilson!
I agree it’s as silly as it is unproductive to claim that Reagan is directly responsible for something like this, as if everything he did was somehow written in stone for 30+ years.
The person you replied to was referencing the CAFE standards, which are far more lenient when it comes to so-called “light trucks”. Thanks to a vague legal definition that was never changed , “the class includes vans, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups” (source). Since inefficient “light trucks” are much more profitable than fuel-efficient cars, that’s where the marketing budget went for the last couple decades.
A couple of important hiccups, though: