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Re: Key word here is "base."
Author: ABM
Date: 03-15-2012 - 17:22

I think the other key word here is "Subsidy". A government subsidy is just a movement or shift of money from one place to another... call it "redistribution of wealth" or whatever you'd like... there's several different ideological descriptions for the practice. Similarly, deficit spending is like a time-subsidy... using the promise of future money to pay today's bills.

But the other posters are correct... almost all forms of transportation in this country are subsidized in one way or another. In fact, virtually everything the government does is a "subsidy" or redistribution of "wealth" through taxation and subsequent expenditure. That's sort of, um, what the government does. In fact, that's what it was designed to do!

The age-old issue is, who pays, how much, and for what. Everyone wants to reap the maximum benefit while minimizing their own personal exposure.

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  Key word here is "base." Pdxrailtransit 03-15-2012 - 14:23
  Re: Key word here is "base." Bill B 03-15-2012 - 14:37
  Re: Key word here is "base." Ostrum 03-15-2012 - 14:55
  Re: Key word here is "base." DCA 03-15-2012 - 16:16
  Re: Key word here is "base." ABM 03-15-2012 - 17:22
  Re: government's purpose? DaveB 03-16-2012 - 11:35
  Re: government's purpose? ABM 03-16-2012 - 17:42
  Re: Government's Purpose Made Clear ! OldPoleBurner 03-16-2012 - 22:52
  Re: Government's Purpose Made Clear ! Margaret (SP fan) 03-17-2012 - 00:09
  Re: Government's Purpose Made Clear ! BOB2 03-17-2012 - 08:10
  Re: Key word here is "base." OldPoleBurner 03-15-2012 - 17:09
  Re: Key word here is "base." SP Cascade 03-15-2012 - 19:58
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  Re: How about he cut other stuff first George Andrews 03-15-2012 - 16:52
  Re: How about he cut other stuff first Dilbert 03-15-2012 - 17:20
  Re: How about he cut other stuff first daveB 03-16-2012 - 11:57
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  Re: Some Republicans Like Trains-It's not Congenital OldPoleBurner 03-16-2012 - 09:17
  Re: Some Republicans Like Trains-It's not Congenital OPB 03-16-2012 - 09:24
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  Re: How about he cut other stuff first DaveB 03-16-2012 - 11:42
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