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> Income tax payers have had enough and don't want to pay for infrastructure that benefits others Had enough? What does that mean exactly? The people who will
by crispyporkbites 7y ago
> Income tax payers have had enough and don't want to pay for infrastructure that benefits others
Had enough? What does that mean exactly?
The people who will benefit from crossrail the most are the main income tax payers who go to work every day on the tube. Salaries in London are 2-3x higher than outside and income tax gets disproportionately higher the more you earn.
Can you imagine if the tube was never built because it would benefit rich landowners in London more than other people?
- pjc50 7y agoLarge parts of the Tube and UK rail network were built privately before the 20th century. Most of them lost money and consolidated before nationalisation.
- isostatic 7y agoQuite. The metropolitan railway was funded buy buying cheap land, building rail to it, then profiting from the increase in that value. That no longer happens.
- isostatic 7y agoI can imagine if rich landowners in London had to pay for the society that gives their assets value.