> If you are poor and not taking advantage of the 50% off public transit fares, then I think this would be doing you a favor.
In our free society, which prizes liberty above all else, government and you don't get to decide what others should do; they get to decide for themselves. And that absolutely shouldn't depend on income or wealth.
Sure, you are free to do what you want, but that doesn't mean the government shouldn't make it more sensible for people to NOT do bad things (like overspend unnecessarily).
This tax doesn't have anything to do with income or wealth. You are free to pay the toll and keep driving into the city.
In our free society, which prizes liberty above all else, government and you don't get to decide what others should do; they get to decide for themselves. And that absolutely shouldn't depend on income or wealth.