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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by eschaton on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:09PM (#41823142)
> not sustainable on its own

Or it is something that provides a benefit to society as a whole and therefore deserves to be maintained by the institution established by society to do such things, government, without assuming economic efficiency is 100% correlated with societal benefit.

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by kortilla on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:22AM (#41827824)
Yes, that’s the argument for all subsidized things.