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Re:A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M by pc86 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @03:38PM (#15040109)
That's a pretty interesting definition of "everyone." Lacking popular and political will doesn't leave many people who actually want it, does it?
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Re:A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M by dtech on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:30PM (#15051080)
Even when everyone thinks something should happen, it can still not happen because of individual incentives.

Everyone thinks the market would be better off without the mortgage subsidy, but no-one wants his house to lose value because of a resulting market slump or make higher mortgage payments every month.

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