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SmartMuffin
06/29/11 7:56:00 PM
#56:


It costs money to use mass transit so that the users of the service pay for it rather than getting a free ride from taxpayers. Would you prefer socialized mass transit instead?

I believe most cities heavily subsidize their mass transit systems, but I may be wrong in this.

In any case, no, I fully support pay-per-use for any and all government services.

Also, private companies that are granted exclusive monopolies by the government aren't really free market entities. I don't care if they city outsources the running of its subway system to a private company or not, that company still operates at the behest of the city, and someone else can't just start a competing company to increase quality of service.

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