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I really wish these kinds of things would be properly framed as "subsidized", rather than "free". There are plenty of arguments for (and against) many kinds of
by JadoJodo 4y ago
I really wish these kinds of things would be properly framed as "subsidized", rather than "free". There are plenty of arguments for (and against) many kinds of government-provided goods/services, but the mentality that this elicits is one where the public seems to think that the government has a magical wishing well out of which anything can be summoned at no cost.
For what it's worth: I think subsidized public transportation is a great use of tax dollars, and it's cool that Spain is extending this to train travel.
- mrtksn 4y agoWhy? The car roads are called freeways when they are actually subsideways and no one seems to have a problem with that. What's special about trains?
- JadoJodo 4y agoI apologize for not being explicit enough in my original comment. The issue I was attempting to raise is not with how things are named ("Freeway", "Free range", etc.), but with how they are presented. For example, "London undertaking $55 million in road projects this summer" and "London undertaking $0 in road projects this summer" are very different things.