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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by drawkward on Saturday October 12, 2024 @09:41PM (#41824470)
Ths US military is not sustainable on its own...

Or maybe, governments have programs that are funded by all to benefit all, because they are onlt beneficial when they are society-scale? 1/350,000,000th of the US army won't be very useful to any individual American on its own.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by kortilla on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:25AM (#41827841)
Yes, that is the argument for subsidies. What’s your point?
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by drawkward on Sunday October 13, 2024 @05:17PM (#41831682)
There seems to be, implict in the term "subsidy," the notion that it is government largesse. My notion is to rebut that pointing out we do not expect a positive ROI on most government expenditures.
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