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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by chrisfinazzo on Monday April 08, 2024 @10:31AM (#39970129)
As an American, this concept still makes no sense to me. It's public infrastructure of a sort, don't real estate taxes in the surrounding area pay for upkeep and repairs?

See also, subway stations in Japan, which IIRC operate under a similar model.

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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by astrange on Monday April 08, 2024 @02:51PM (#39972609)
Transit is so good it replaces cars. That means users can afford to pay for it.

Free transit is a terrible idea because e.g. it means tourists don't contribute and anyone who passes a tax cut will have defunded it without the actual users being able to help.

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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by chrisfinazzo on Thursday April 11, 2024 @02:58PM (#40005571)
How does this account for people who live paycheck to paycheck and don't have cars?

This is literally how they get around - asking those who can pay the fare to subsidize them doesn't seem like that much to ask.

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