http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/05/28/spendthrift-bart-directors-vote-to-raise-fares/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/05/28/spendthrift-bart-directors-vote-to-raise-fares/#comment-2598 dc Sat, 30 May 2009 05:31:53 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=878#comment-2598 93% of Americans believe that free automobile use is guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. 93% of Americans believe that free automobile use is guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

]]> http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/05/28/spendthrift-bart-directors-vote-to-raise-fares/#comment-2596 wordnerd Sat, 30 May 2009 03:43:03 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=878#comment-2596 Here in liberal Massachusetts, they raised the T fare from $1.25 to $1.70 (or $2) without substantial protest, while any talk of raising highway tolls is treated as a looming catastrophe. Here in liberal Massachusetts, they raised the T fare from $1.25 to $1.70 (or $2) without substantial protest, while any talk of raising highway tolls is treated as a looming catastrophe.

]]> http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/05/28/spendthrift-bart-directors-vote-to-raise-fares/#comment-2559 eric Fri, 29 May 2009 00:53:12 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=878#comment-2559 That's ridiculous. That’s ridiculous.

]]> http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/05/28/spendthrift-bart-directors-vote-to-raise-fares/#comment-2555 ruth gutmann Thu, 28 May 2009 23:42:41 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=878#comment-2555 What to do when you live in a state where the governor either lacks the courage or the conviction to raise taxes to get out of the deficit hole the state has dug for itself? A decision to raise fares for public transport is a branch off the same tree. Schwarzenegger today proposed cutting the welfare to work program -- again hitting those who can least afford it --- This is said to save roughly 1 billion but would probably cost the state far more as a result of the hardship created by yanking this safety blanket from under people. Schwarzenegger threatened that not cutting this program will land California even deeper in debt. He reiterated that he is against raising taxes. (But he went to D.C. asking for a bailout which was politely refused) What to do when you live in a state where the governor either lacks the courage or the conviction to raise taxes to get out of the deficit hole the state has dug for itself? A decision to raise fares for public transport is a branch off the same tree. Schwarzenegger today proposed cutting the welfare to work program — again hitting those who can least afford it — This is said to save roughly 1 billion but would probably cost the state far more as a result of the hardship created by yanking this safety blanket from under people. Schwarzenegger threatened that not cutting this program will land California even deeper in debt. He reiterated that he is against raising taxes. (But he went to D.C. asking for a bailout which was politely refused)

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