Yup. I've long been against any and all usage fees. They just exfiltrate money to cronies, transfer wealth from urban to suburban areas. Witness Bob Moses' inn

Yup. I've long been against any and all usage fees. They just exfiltrate money to cronies, transfer wealth from urban to suburban areas. Witness Bob Moses' innovative manifold money laundering schemes, as detailed in Caro's book The Power Broker, and since replicated every where. But now I'm open to alternative arrangements that make the bookkeeping painfully clear. Because too many people are hostile to collective action, the greater good. Maybe radical transparency meets universal basic income. Charge everyone full price in the front, pay as you go. Achieve progressive policies by just giving people cash to cover the cost in the back. In other words, the opposite of suuply side economics. So if you're a working parent, you just get cash to cover rent, gas, daycare, whatever. Might be feasible with today's mobile payment systems. Certainly wasn't feasible (logistically) until very recently. However we can make it work, sign me up. I'm just so sick of all the Freedom Markets™ wankery, err, sophistry.