I do not see how the entire progressive taxation system is not a violation of the ‘equal protection’ clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. How can you have one set of laws for hard-working people and then another set of laws for lazy people? The 14th Amendment states that there must be equal protection under the law for all and not one set of laws to punish hard working people and another set of laws to benefit lazy people.
But this guys argument is idiotic on many levels. The increased toll itself is supposed to be to help poor people, without programs may need to be eliminated. His argument more seems to be that he wants a progressive style system for charging tolls. He wants only for rich people to be punished and for poor people to get through for free.
“I do not see how the entire progressive taxation system is not a violation of the ‘equal protection’ clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.”
This has been ruled against over and over again by SCOTUS. So long as they steer clear from red flags like race and religion, and they can come up with some justification that it serves “legitimate government interest,” it’s a-okay. There is idle talk about the law not being irrational, arbitrary, capricious, etc. But I don’t know what would constitute rational discrimination, except that it’s not race, religion, etc.