Reply to Parking no longer free on Saturdays in MoCo lots starting 7/8/23

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Parking no longer free on Saturdays in MoCo lots starting 7/8/23"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The entitlement from car owners on display in this thread.  Unreal.  [/quote]

It's the suburbs..

Move if you don't like it. No one wants your eat in a cage lifestyle.[/quote]

What?  OP, I own two SUVs and live in a big house in Rockville.   I don't want to live in a small apartment either.  I just don't expect to be given free stuff - parking or anything else - as a reward for that lifestyle.  I own two cars and pay for parking in places I need it.  I don't need a handout for that.  I have a big lawn and pay someone to cut it.  I don't need a handout for that.  What I am mystified by is my suburban colleagues who think that someone else should pay for their lifestyle.[/quote]

But not everyone can easily afford it.  You're assuming everyone who uses these parking garages has extra money, esp. in this economy.  Think of the house painter living in Silver Spring who has to park in one of these garages to take their kid to the dentist on a Saturday.  [/quote]

Dude, read an econ book. The money has to come from somewhere. Hint: taxes. You think just because you don't pay for a garage it's actually just "free" and built/maintained by jesus or something?

Lol. You must be a troll account. Nobody can be this stupid.[/quote]

But taxes are based on income (except sales tax), where this new charge is the same for all. The hit to your wallet isn't the same as the hit to someone making (presumably) much less.[/quote]

I have less and less patience for affluent people saying "Think of low-income people!" when it comes to policies the affluent people don't like.

Something that really hurts low-income people: having to choose between slow transit, expensive Uber/Lyft, or expensive cars if they want to be able to do the things they need to do (including getting to and from work)

Something that WAY down the list of hurting low-income people: charging a dollar or two per hour for parking in county-owned garages in three limited areas in the county during limited hours on one additional day per week[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics