Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers
by indoordinosaur on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:32PM
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This is why I'm not entirely opposed to the Trump infrastructure philosophy of encouraging states and local governments to pay their own way. It also encourages more private investment in infrastructure which is something that has contributed to the success of the subways in Seoul, Hong Kong and Tokyo as well as the original builders of the NYC subway.
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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers
by saosebastiao on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:06PM
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I'm not opposed to that idea, but for it to work, we would have to invert our funding structures, with the majority of our taxes going to states and cities, and not the federal government. And while he seems to be happy to cut taxes, he doesn't seem to be too keen on cutting actual spending, so we're all gonna have to pay for it sooner or later.