> What they can't spare is the ten billion dollars it would take to actually deal with the MBTA's debt and deferred maintenance. I'm pretty sure that debt was

> What they can't spare is the ten billion dollars it would take to actually deal with the MBTA's debt and deferred maintenance. I'm pretty sure that debt was seven billion smaller before they dumped the Big Dig's debt onto the MBTA's books. >investments on that scale, when they are not immediately relevant to the lives of 4/5ths of voters, are... challenging. It's immediately relevant to all of us whether a few inches of snow shuts down or delays the Red Line and Orange Line.