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> What's the percentage of overall income? Half of that? So low that your argument holds very little water. Yeah, about that. Do you think most working class
by wheels 3y ago
> What's the percentage of overall income? Half of that? So low that your argument holds very little water.
Yeah, about that. Do you think most working class people are flippant about costs that take 2.5% of their pre-tax income?
I'm in favor of the €49/month ticket. It's a step forward. But I genuinely don't understand how (and it feels like some sort of cultural or social class disconnect) that seems trivial to people, and wonder if it's not being acclimatized to German non-tech incomes.
- yarg 3y agoWhen rent's 10 times as much, there's a good chance that you're focusing on the wrong thing. Anyway, I'm out - before this degrades into a meaningless flame war.
- qumpis 3y agoIf people take buy this ticket, it either alleviates previous commuting costs or is merely a purchase of convenience. Either way it's a positive at its current price
- wheels 3y agoAbsolutely. I'm entirely responding to the "does it even matter" part of things. It's possible to simultaneously be an across the board improvement and still not reach the level of trivially inexpensive.
- lozenge 3y agoBecause it covers all their transport needs for a month?