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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Presumably, public transit would have a political incentive to be the best stewards of public resources like budgeted expenses and the environment.
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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch If a consumption tax on transit simply raises the cost of moving person A from point B to point C, it's going to be passed through to the end user because nearly every transit system is expected to make up almost 100% of operation costs from fares. So you're gonna be raising fares on a guy who doesn't really have a practical say in whether his train is diesel-electric, or just electric.
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Not quite. All major transit systems operate at a deficit and are subsidized.
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