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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we make the toll roads free too?[/quote] The vast majority of roads are free, despite being maintained by taxpayers. Why do we subsidize drivers but ask bus riders to pay?[/quote] Drivers pay for roads in a thousand different ways -- the gas tax, registration fees, title fees, inspection fees, license fees, parking fees, traffic fines and of course income taxes, which are mostly paid by the rich and how many rich people do you know who don't have a car? We charge people to ride the bus for the same reason we charge to ride the subway. The people getting the benefit should have to foot part of the cost. [/quote]
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