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If you think a family of oil barons are derailing public transit because of safety concerns, I have oceanfront property in the Gobi Desert to sell you.
Sorry, but the government is there it provide goods and services to its citizens who can't individually attain them, through the use of taxes. .
Since when?
04-03-2014, 11:33 AM
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Once every 10-15 years is not a daily expense. Do you have a hard time telling the difference between 1 and 3,652? Is it a math problem?
And street sweepers? Don't make me laugh...
Does anyone even have that service any more?
Do you have a hard time realizing that work is done on roads beside the occasional repaving? The fact is that roads are insanely expensive to build and maintain, and require constant upkeep despite your mind-bogglingly stupid insistence that they incur no costs besides repaving every decade or so.
And yes, streets are still swept. And salted. And plowed. And potholes are repaired. And lines are repainted.
Do you have a hard time realizing that work is done on roads beside the occasional repaving?
Not as much work as you imagine.
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The fact is that roads are insanely expensive to build and maintain, and require constant upkeep despite your mind-bogglingly stupid insistence that they incur no costs besides repaving every decade or so.
I live on a private road that our HOA maintains itself. Including that and all of our other expenses, including the maintenance of common property, the cost is only $100 annually per household. Can you guess we don't have all the road maintenance costs you ridiculously claim?
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And yes, streets are still swept. And salted. And plowed. And potholes are repaired. And lines are repainted.
Wow, you live a sheltered life. It's not like that here, at all.
It would have to charge enough to break even or turn a profit to not be a drain on public resources. Has the rapid transit project been projected to break even or turn a profit? If not, it's just another black hole that sucks taxpayers' money.
This is a good point, and I know of (I could be wrong) no such project that has been successful in any city, except for the "San Diego Trolley," but I seem to recall reading that even that has not been profitable in recent years.
People like their automobiles, because they take them directly from point A to point B. Any transit system has a specific begin and end destination. You have to figure out how to get to it, and how to reach your ultimate destination when you get off. That probably paying for parking at one end, and perhaps taking a cab where you get off. It's inconvenient, costs you more money and time, and that's why people don't use these systems.
The reason out of state people might be against this project is that (from what I read) it requires Federal dollars. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY! That means every man woman and child in America is going to be paying for what is likely to turn out to be another boondoggle. I say NO.
They're not. It's locals who are opposed to it: The Tennessee office of Americans for Prosperity
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Charles and David Koch live in Kansas and New York, respectively. Their interest in a Nashville transit project doesn't sit well with its supporters.
"The Amp Yes coalition is a coalition of local businesses, local individuals and local organizations that live in the community and have a dedication to finding the answers that make this community a great community to live in," said Ralph Schulz, president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
"These are the people that drive these roads every day, need the alternative transportation opportunities, know where Nashville's headed and know what kind of community they want Nashville to be."
Yeah, i understand that.
Still though, what in the hell would those two know about local Nashville issues? Nothing.
Just doesn't sit well with me that a couple of yahoos from Wisconsin (or whatever icebox they come from) is meddling in a local Nashville issue.
But whatever...i don't live there.
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