Re: Restoring Passenger Rail Service To Monterey
Author: Eddie Elkins
Date: 08-09-2013 - 17:31
stash Wrote:
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> but the service would need a subsidy since the riders
> cannot pay for it.
Oh, you're one of THOSE people!
Pardon me while I go drive my car over a taxpayer-supported highway to pick up my kid at a taxpayer-supported school, possibly being pulled over by a taxpayer-supported policeman because I didn't yield quickly enough in getting out of the way of a taxpayer-supported firetruck on its way to a fire. I'll be passing by the taxpayer-supported airport and, hopefully, the taxpayer-supported air traffic controller will be able to land all the planes safely enough that they won't crash on top of my car.
But trains are expected to be self-supporting. Heaven forbid if they might need a subsidy.