How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country

Re:How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects... by yostrovs on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:20PM (#17360358)

They're killing government run and managed public transportation, not public transportation in principle. They don't fight group rides on Uber or private bus companies. This is a typical critique from the left: You don't like government run schools, you must be against education; you don't want government to be in charge of healthcare, you must want people to be sick.

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Re:How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects... by mwwilson on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:56PM (#17360634)

I suspect they're not running campaigns to stop public funding of roadways though, as it's a subsidy to their business.

As someone who lives in a commuter town and is more libertarian than most libertarians, I'd happily pay an extra couple percent in sales taxes just for decent pedestrian access to the city.

If taxes are going to be spent on transit projects then I'd like enough sidewalks that I'm able to eschew public or private motorized transit all together.

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Re:How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects... by yostrovs on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:56PM (#17360975)

For some reason, this comment, by another user, was killed: "I suspect they're not running campaigns to stop public funding of roadways though, as it's a subsidy to their business. As someone who lives in a commuter town and is more libertarian than most libertarians, I'd happily pay an extra couple percent in sales taxes just for decent pedestrian access to the city.

If taxes are going to be spent on transit projects then I'd like enough sidewalks that I'm able to eschew public or private motorized transit all together."

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