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> For comparison, how far in "debt" is the road system (which costs far more to operate and has zero "revenue")? When did MA repeal its gas taxes, license fees

• ajross 15y ago
  Ancient argument long settled. Those don't come close to meeting the cost of maintaining this stuff. Even roads (e.g. the pike) which are expressly mandated by law to support themselves via usage fees fail to break even. It's a hypocrisy argument: government subsidies on transportation are bad, except for the method of transportation you use. Some people actually take those buses and subways and have different perspective.
  • anamax 15y ago
    > Those don't come close to meeting the cost of maintaining this stuff Not so fast. The claim, which I refuted, was "which costs far more to operate and has zero "revenue")?" Not enough revenue is very different from "zero revenue". > It's a hypocrisy argument: government subsidies on transportation are bad, except for the method of transportation you use. Except that I wasn't making an argument - I was showing that your "zero revenue" claim was false. Note that it isn't at all hypocritcal to say that some subsidies are worse than others. And, when you're arguing for subsidies, you can't argue that all subsidies are bad.