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> Why should people in Iowa subsidize each of those trips to the tune of $73 each way? Same reason people in rural or suburban communities subsidize city buses
by catalogia 7y ago
> Why should people in Iowa subsidize each of those trips to the tune of $73 each way?
Same reason people in rural or suburban communities subsidize city buses?
- rayiner 7y agoFor the most part, needy people ride city buses, not businesspeople, lawyers, and politicians as in OP’s anecdote about the northeast regional.
- catalogia 7y agoI think city buses would be worthwhile even if dislikable people like lawyers used them. Wouldn't you agree?
- rayiner 7y agoNo. The government shouldn’t subsidize services used primarily by well-off people.
- catalogia 7y agoThen we should tear up the road in your neighborhood.
- rayiner 7y agoTo the extent a particular neighborhood can be identified as especially wealthy, it would seem fine to require them to pay for private maintenance of roads constructed by the subdivision developer in the first instance.
- catalogia 7y agoOr, instead of privatizing roads, the maintenance of roads could be paid for by taxes and the wealthy could be made to pay higher taxes. Crazy, I know.
- briandear 7y agoThe wealthy already pay the majority of taxes.
- travisporter 7y agoWhat does that mean? It’s like saying the human body is mostly water; the devil is on the details. Should we all just pay a fixed amount?
- travisporter 7y agoWhat if they now become poor? Would you subsidize them? What about police services and ambulance services for a poor versus rich person visiting that neighborhood? This already happens in some places, but I don’t think it’s practical or fair.
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- pen2l 7y agoWhy would you deny needy people, people trying to make ends meet and move up the ladder, people with revoked licenses, etc. the opportunity to partake and contribute in society? Wouldn't you agree that if we take this away, it would cost the economy more by causing more crime and reducing gains these folks might have had to offer?
- rayiner 7y agoI'm saying we should spend the money on needy people, and let services used primarily by wealthier people pay for themselves.