Our taxes being diverted to funding public transportation (Iraq, Afghanistan, dollars)

[Joke Insurance]

I've seen arguments where people have asked why should they be paying for a public transportation project that they'll never use. While I see their point, couldn't the same be said about a project that is not about public transportation?

I am against the wars in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq but I am certain that some of my tax dollars are going towards that.

I guess the point that I am trying to make is that liable to make an argument like that. Thoughts?

[EinsteinsGhost]

Because those people don't realize that while they may never use an infrastructure directly, they still benefit from a society they've chosen to live in, which benefits from such investments. Take a simple example of an airport. While a person may never fly, but living in a city that benefits from commercial developments due to that airport is still benefiting from it.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

Because those people don't realize that while they may never use an infrastructure directly, they still benefit from a society they've chosen to live in, which benefits from such investments. Take a simple example of an airport. While a person may never fly, but living in a city that benefits from commercial developments due to that airport is still benefiting from it.

Good point, sir

[Joke Insurance]

Anyone else care to throw in their 2 cents about this?

[capitalcityguy]

People also seem to conveniently forget that tax dollars don't just subsized public transit, they also subidized road construction and maintaince. There was a study completed recently Do Roads Pay For Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding - U.S. PIRG that concluded roads do NOT pay (ie...via gas taxes) for themselves either.