Originally Posted by
RPK79
Fat chance there. Once the government gets its hands in something they never let go even if those hands are choking the life out of it.
That sounds good to say, but the government is actually the people. And, bottom line, nobody turns down government money. Add to that, most people vastly exaggerate the amount they pay in taxes and underestimate the amount they take out in services. As far as pricing for these types of programs, what hobbles them generally is the fact that there's always a clammor for an unlimited plan and the prices and usage associated with the unlimited plan ends up being revenue negative. While these folks pay more up front, over the long term, they always take more out and their increased usage leads to more expenses.
That's the chief reason why NYC's subways didn't have any kind of unlimited ride option until the mid 1990s. And once it did, ridership increased that placed the normal associated burdens on the system's infrastructure.