Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Because many people became convinced that public transit is for "poor people." And, or course, it's socialist. (Funny how people who think that don't have a problem with the Interstate Highway system, which is about as socialist as you can get.) Finally, there is a mindset that if doesn't and cannot benefit me, my tax dollars should not be spent on it. "If I have a 90 min. drive to work. A bus ride simply wouldn't be practicable, so my tax dollars shouldn't fund busses, especially when those busses are really only needed by the poor."
But then how would your maid get to your residence and back? 😕