> If you’re poor, nobody is giving you a car, insurance, parking, fuel, and maintenance for “fairness”.
Nobody is saying to give it to them. But fairness is that they have equal access to the roads. The idea that wealthy people have more access to public roads is really an abomination in the US.
You're free to suggest public transit, but they need to be free to make their own choices, completely disregarding what you - incredibly - think they should do.
If you’re concerned about fairness, look at what percentage of the 30th percentile income one needs to have a car to use those roads in the first place. If that was a serious argument, every highway would have first class pedestrian and bike infrastructure for the fifth of the population who can’t or don’t drive.
I find it conspicuous that your definition of fairness is letting other people subsidize your lifestyle. If you cared about fairness, paying for what you use is about as fair as it gets.