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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So equal protection under the law is out the window?[/quote]

This is extremely melodramatic. You’re not being treated unfairly if someone who makes less money gets a discounted ticket. Are you also being treated unfairly because people who make less money pay lower taxes?[/quote]

They pay more taxes because they often lack the deductions that are available to the more affluent. Where did you get your education? DCPSs?[/quote]

Some lower-income people pay higher taxes (or a higher rate on their income) because they lack deductions, but at this point, the standard deduction is pretty high, and anyway, in the aggregate, people who make less money pay less in terms of absolute dollars in taxes than people who make more money. My evidence is, I pay more in taxes now that I make more money than I did when I used to make less money, even with similar deductions.

And anyway, what point are you trying to make? You think the people on here who are whining about lower ticket fees for lower-income drivers are right?[/quote]

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