Jim Bernstein writes: "The fact is that having a "fleet" of
vehicles costs a lot of money and it is a better investment to have
people use their own vehicles and be reimbursed for mileage."
(Sam Adams writes:) This is another case of socializing costs and
not benefits. The result of such a decision is that the employee has
no choice but to maintain a private vehicle ("I need it for work"),
even if they wouldn't need one otherwise. The Ramsey and Hennepin
County government centers and the State Capitol are among the
easiest places to get to by bus in the Twin Cities.
Once you're stuck making car payments, insurance payments, etc., it's
much easier to fall into the trap of just driving everywhere. Since
you're already shelling out so much money just to keep that vehicle
running and legal, you might as well drive it. And we all wind up
paying for that.
Wasn't there some talk under the Ventura administration of creating a
sort of "pay as you go" insurance plan? The problem with mandated
no-fault insurance is that it's a completely regressive fixed expense
which encourages car owners to drive more.
Sam Adams
East Phillips
Car-free for 12 years now
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