[Thersites]

This approach would place a disproportionate tax burden on the poorest sectors of the population, at least in the US. It's mandatory to have a car in order to get to work in most parts of the country. The structure already exists, punishing the least fortunate because of existing systems and structures seems punitive.

[oftenwrong]

The poorest Americans do not own cars.

[lev99]

Three quarters of poor people in America have cars [0]. While the poorest people do not have them, car ownership is very common among poor Americans.

https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/under...