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- Newsgroups: bc.general
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Message-ID: <XgHBuB1w165w@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: bcrock@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca (Brad Crockett)
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 21:37:20 PST
- References: <1992Nov16.001409.20868@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: 'Happy' in Duncan, BC, Canada
- Keywords: AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION TRANSIT
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- jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:
-
- > >They are affordable right now because they are so heavily
- > >subsidized. Imagine how much less out taxes would be if
- > >governments only had to build and maintain roads for buses! And
- >
- > I take issue with the word "subsidize". To subsidize something means
- > that the people who use a service are not paying the full costs of the
- > system, and that *someone else* is paying for that use.
-
- Yes, you are quite right. The existing system is not really
- subsidized, as you have pointed out. However, it is preserved by
- the lack of effective taxation techniques (such as the excellent
- one that you have outlined) and by the way that the costs of roads
- are hidden from consumers.
-
-
- Brad Crockett, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
- INTERNET: bcrock@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca
- CIS: 72570,2154
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