Spain will introduce free train travel

Re:Spain will introduce free train travel by kortilla on Saturday July 23, 2022 @10:45PM (#32209801)

> I always found it odd that the rhetoric around transportation was that it should make money. We don't expect other parts of the government to turn a profit. Why transportation?

Because it’s competing with private industry. It should be revenue neutral at least if you don’t just want to use tax money to destroy public businesses and operate something economically inefficient.

Why not have the government make an electric car that is free? Why not a government airline that offers free flights?

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Re:Spain will introduce free train travel by e12e on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:00PM (#32209900)

Seems to work fine for libraries, infrastructure, education and health care. Obviously nationalizing any existing market that's been given over to private industry will have consequences for that industry.

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Re:Spain will introduce free train travel by treasurebots on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:19PM (#32210015)

American education, health care and infrastructure industries probably shouldn't serve as a model for other industries

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Re:Spain will introduce free train travel by e12e on Sunday July 24, 2022 @03:10PM (#32216609)

I meant it works fine in eg Europe.

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