Reiterating the point a few others have made, there are places in the US where you have subsidized, frequently used ferries (Seattle area, for instance). The fe

Reiterating the point a few others have made, there are places in the US where you have subsidized, frequently used ferries (Seattle area, for instance). The ferries exist where the people exist. But the American hostility to taxes is rooted in a pretty strong failure to see their useful results. If someone is in California, paying nearly Europe-level taxes, but don't have nearly Europe-level public healthcare, roads, and transit, something's wrong.