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it's a ultimately a difference in philosophy
UK governments over the past 30 years have decided that passengers should pay to run the railway, rather than the taxpayer out of general taxation
if you look at the distribution of earnings of those who use the railways you could even call this a progressive policy
meanwhile most European countries chose the other way round
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it's a ultimately a difference in philosophy
UK governments over the past 30 years have decided that passengers should pay to run the railway, rather than the taxpayer out of general taxation
if you look at the distribution of earnings of those who use the railways you could even call this a progressive policy
meanwhile most European countries chose the other way round