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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: demi@moore.net   
      
   On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:34:28 -0800 (PST), Phlip    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Feb 14, 7:18 am, Ashton Crusher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's an impossible question now.  The problem is not the concept of   
   >> mass transit, the problem is how you pay for it.  NYC and similar   
   >> large cities can only sustain their "mass transit" lifestyle by   
   >> collecting taxes from people who don't use mass transit and giving   
   >> that money to the people who do use mass transit.   
   >   
   >The system also taxes people who don't drive on roads, and builds   
   >roads to subsidize those who do.   
   >   
      
   To some extent but nothing like the mass transit subsidy.  Roads get   
   perhaps 15% of their funds from people other then users, Mass transit   
   get about 75% of it's funds from people other then users.   
      
   >The "greater good" argument is simply that we all need food   
   >deliveries...   
   >   
   >Again: The Free Market is not magic, and can't solve every problem.   
   >I'm still waiting for an explanation how the Free Market could produce   
   >free, standardized roads.   
      
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