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Old 10-11-2017, 05:40 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil
You can complain about taxes.
You can complain about government.
But in the end all government activities are paid for by taxes. You get what you paid for!
Maybe where you are. Here the country runs on duties and tariffs, and the taxes are funneled straight to the Federal Reserve to service that debt.

I ride the local bus for free, but that's a service of the county/city.

OTOH I think transit should be free at point of use for everyone. Little else will get people out of their cars. Employees get the low rate covered by their employer, un/self-employed get an exorbitant high rate.
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