Public transportation should never be thought of as a charity, only for those "disabled people, seniors, immigrants, poor folks". It instills the idea that user

Public transportation should never be thought of as a charity, only for those "disabled people, seniors, immigrants, poor folks". It instills the idea that users should be thankful for any amount of funding (and can't complain when it's arbitrarily cut), and that "normal" people never take public transportation.