On: US newspapers run more photos of school shooting suspects than victims (2018)

[cameronbrown]

> Cease all forms of oil and automobile subsidy.

So punish the poor, basically?

Bicycles just don't cut it.

The better alternative is more investment in public transport which I assume has a better safety record than private vehicles.

[ip26 → cameronbrown]

I didn't realize oil & gas subsidies were a social program.

[cameronbrown → ip26]

They're not - but you've still got to think about these second order effects.

Politicians wouldn't implement this because for every less well off individual they push closer to poverty, that's one less vote.

[gridlockd → ip26]

> I didn't realize oil & gas subsidies were a social program.

They are, why do you think the US has some of the lowest gasoline prices in the developed world? If you want to see what happens if you raise gasoline prices, look at what's happening in France. Monsieur Macron would love to have approval ratings as high as Donald Trump...