Basically the accountant is being a fuckhead about the company paying for commutes, so the person responds in kind.
This is in Canada, so I hear about how the 407 is private and charges out of the ass for convenience, albeit convenience that’s worth it, but the reason it’s private seems to suck, and the reason it’s so expensive now is due to Ontario not limiting the price hike and so the company that owns the 407 now is free to charge whatever for the next 75 years.
What do you guys think of private toll roads and highways? I get that a lot of people here might not like public roads and taxes, but I’d rather not have to pay that much for a highway trip, no matter what.
The question, as always, is "compared to what alternative"?
If the alternative is "your taxes don't go down at all, and now you have to pay these extra fees to the company that owns the roads" then I am against that. Which let's not kid ourselves is what would happen.
In Washington we privatized the liquor stores about a decade ago, and one of the outcomes of that deal was there's now a 20% liter tax on distilled spirits on top of the normal sales tax. So while in theory I can now buy liquor at the grocery store, in practice I don't because it's way too expensive.
Which makes the state-run liquor stores look pretty good in comparison. But in comparison to the states where you can buy liquor in the grocery store without paying an extra 20% tax, the state-run liquor stores were inconvenient.
What? The state is no longer operating liquor stores? Next you're going to tell me "we privatized farms". Madness. Only the government should distribute goods and services!
If farms were privatized and extra taxes were added that made food cost 20% more than it used to, then I think people might justifiably look back on the nationalized farms with a bit of fondness. "Hey remember when we used to be able to afford food?"