Giving the benefit to everyone also protects it. When is a free or subsidized benefit to a low income riders it become a “handout” or “welfare” that needs to be funded, gets targeted for cuts, and wastes money on enforcement. When it’s available to everyone it’s just the way the system works and wealthy people are often the loudest when something they get for free is attempted to be taken away.
And don’t discount the economic stimulus of this. A low wage worker commuting 5 days/wk x 50 weeks/year x $6 for a round trip fare gets $30 a week to put food on the table, see a movie, order takeout, etc..
@bluemoon
Giving the benefit to everyone also protects it. When is a free or subsidized benefit to a low income riders it become a “handout” or “welfare” that needs to be funded, gets targeted for cuts, and wastes money on enforcement. When it’s available to everyone it’s just the way the system works and wealthy people are often the loudest when something they get for free is attempted to be taken away.
And don’t discount the economic stimulus of this. A low wage worker commuting 5 days/wk x 50 weeks/year x $6 for a round trip fare gets $30 a week to put food on the table, see a movie, order takeout, etc..