Comments on: Pay Per-Use http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/pay-per-use/ Ideas, Opinions, Discussions Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:10:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/pay-per-use/#comment-241 Robert Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:53:13 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=136#comment-241 With the airlines moving to charging customers for baggage, can something like this be far down the road? Of course airlines need money to cover their costs and they are all failing at this point except for a few and almost all of those are private or very small subsets of the airline industry. While this idea would not be perceived as "consumer friendly," it is a rational and "fair" method of charging people for the costs they incur. Sometimes, you just have to pay extra because of how you impact your surroundings. Large house - pay more taxes. Expensive car - pay more taxes. Make a lot of money - pay more taxes. You are a large person, tall or otherwise - pay more for your transportation. People automatically become offended and threatened when money is at stake because of an "attack" on their personal body. But as the article states, why impose a tax on the 80% for the 20% to be happy when more than half of the 20% can alter their costs by living healthy lives? This would leave the extremely tall people at a disadvantage and if their percentage is small enough, their additional cost impact could be virtually non-existent and a return to flat rate tickets would suffice. With the airlines moving to charging customers for baggage, can something like this be far down the road? Of course airlines need money to cover their costs and they are all failing at this point except for a few and almost all of those are private or very small subsets of the airline industry. While this idea would not be perceived as “consumer friendly,” it is a rational and “fair” method of charging people for the costs they incur.

Sometimes, you just have to pay extra because of how you impact your surroundings. Large house – pay more taxes. Expensive car – pay more taxes. Make a lot of money – pay more taxes. You are a large person, tall or otherwise – pay more for your transportation.

People automatically become offended and threatened when money is at stake because of an “attack” on their personal body. But as the article states, why impose a tax on the 80% for the 20% to be happy when more than half of the 20% can alter their costs by living healthy lives? This would leave the extremely tall people at a disadvantage and if their percentage is small enough, their additional cost impact could be virtually non-existent and a return to flat rate tickets would suffice.

]]> By: Jeanie http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/pay-per-use/#comment-240 Jeanie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:27:51 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=136#comment-240 Excellent view on this topic! I haven't thought a lot about this subject, but definitely not from this point of view. I'm in agreement with you. Pay for what we use. To me, that makes costs a lot easier to swallow. That way we all have a choice. Excellent view on this topic! I haven’t thought a lot about this subject, but definitely not from this point of view. I’m in agreement with you. Pay for what we use. To me, that makes costs a lot easier to swallow. That way we all have a choice.

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