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What about selling busses and trains, and buildings bike lanes and train tracks? Loans and cars aren't the solution to loans and cars, but there are solutions.
by Zambyte 21d ago
What about selling busses and trains, and buildings bike lanes and train tracks? Loans and cars aren't the solution to loans and cars, but there are solutions.
- lhamil64 21d agoPlus, money isn’t always the reason people can’t or don’t drive. People may have disabilities that prevent them from driving. Heck, some people just don’t like driving. Improving public transit, biking, and pedestrian infrastructure solves most of these issues, and it’s frustrating how car-centric the US is in most places.
- raddan 21d agoI lived in a place for a few years that had a free public transportation network. I can’t tell you how liberating that was, because it meant that I could get to lots of places without owning a vehicle. They even had bike racks on the busses, which meant that you could easily cover the last mile. That place decided that free public transportation was a good investment. I think many people here would see it as a waste of their tax money. But those people are not low income. They can afford to buy cars. I occasionally hear my coworkers remark about how they would never ride one of those city busses—YUCK. It kind of grinds my gears. Living in that place made me feel like the community actually cared about me. It made a big impact on how I think about what is worth spending my taxes on. We already subsidize the middle class (roads ain’t free!) and we subsidize the heck out of corporate America. A small slice of those subsidies would make a big difference for people at the bottom.
- WalterBright 21d ago> A small slice of those subsidies would make a big difference for people at the bottom. More than half of the federal budget is for entitlements.
- raddan 20d agoYou’re missing the part of the budget that no longer exists because of tax reductions for the wealthy. Also, so what? It should be more.
- WalterBright 20d agoTaxes were not reduced for the wealthy.
- raddan 20d agoCitation needed, or at least qualification. https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/what-will-tax-provisions-big-budget-bill-really-do https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/what-will-tax-provisions-... https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5590112/trump-beautiful-bill-taxes-republican-rich-wealthy https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5590112/trump-beautiful...
- WalterBright 20d agoThere were many new tax deductions, but they did not apply to the wealthy as they were phased out at higher income levels.
- mmooss 21d agoThe OP addresses that: "When people wave off Waymo or bus lanes or bike lanes because car culture is fine, they mean it works fine for them."
- adrianN 21d agoMost people hate all drivers except themselves.