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> I always found it odd that the rhetoric around transportation was that it should make money. We don't expect other parts of the government to turn a profit. W
by kortilla 4y ago
> I always found it odd that the rhetoric around transportation was that it should make money. We don't expect other parts of the government to turn a profit. Why transportation?
Because it’s competing with private industry. It should be revenue neutral at least if you don’t just want to use tax money to destroy public businesses and operate something economically inefficient.
Why not have the government make an electric car that is free? Why not a government airline that offers free flights?
- e12e 4y agoSeems to work fine for libraries, infrastructure, education and health care. Obviously nationalizing any existing market that's been given over to private industry will have consequences for that industry.
- treasurebots 4y agoAmerican education, health care and infrastructure industries probably shouldn't serve as a model for other industries
- e12e 4y agoI meant it works fine in eg Europe.