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Re: Mass Transit: the socialist fantasy
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And just how do you think your kids and grandkids will be getting around in 20 years? Do you think your freeways will be either free or functional?

Society has to function, and that means transit. If one tries to move through parts of California, one comes to the realization that individual cars aren't going to work forever.

And, does it bother your libertarian soul to be driving over land which was taken away from people. They were compensated at whatever rate the State chose, but many didn't want to move and they owned their land.

I'll bet that doesn't even occur to you.

Nope. Mass transit is the only answer to ending the rapaciousness of individual vehicles and the expansion of the areas over which they travel.

It should be free. Pay for it with an emissions tax on vehicles.

But that's not for everyone, just people who like to breathe, for instance. I think some folks just love sitting on freeways on hot days, AC running, listening to Rush talk about how it's everyone's right to pollute.

Arf

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