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A comment on Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail. Parent comment

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by ClumsyPilot on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:15PM (#41823580)
> the program is not sustainable on its own

So arrest, investigation prosecution and imprisonment of anyone who steals from Amazon is a massive subsidy, since Amazon pays no tax.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by immibis on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:38PM (#41823738)
Yes. The government massively subsidises owning physical property.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by reshlo on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:28PM (#41823678)
Not to mention the money spent on funding food stamps for Amazon’s underpaid employees.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by kortilla on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:27AM (#41827856)
Amazon collects sales tax and most certainly pays property taxes that fund the law enforcement you are talking about.
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