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- From: zippy@cs.brandeis.edu (Patrick Tufts)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: Drinking and the MBTA was Re: Sunday Liquor Sales
- Message-ID: <zippy.725042900@berry.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:48:20 GMT
- References: <BZS.92Dec15212827@world.std.com> <1992Dec17.153135.8027@dunsel.harvard.edu> <PSHUANG.92Dec21195828@ninja.mit.edu> <1992Dec22.154606.8643@m5.harvard.edu>
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- borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden) writes:
- [....]
-
- >Who's funding the unprofitable lines as it is? For the most part, T riders
- >are taxpayers. If the desired goal is to keep the unprofitable lines running
- >despite their unprofitability, then that is just as well accomplished
- >through tax-subsidization as it is accomplished through fare revenue.
- >Either way, we pay for it, so why not pay for running the unprofitable lines
- >through taxes, instead of fare revenue from other lines [....]
-
- While T riders are nearly a subset of T taxpayers, T taxpayers are
- *not* a subset of T riders.
-
- That is - while "we", the T riders, also pay taxes, there are many
- taxpayers who do not use the T, and would likely prefer the current
- pay-to-use setup over increased taxes.
-
- --Pat
-