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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, what does this have to do with means testing?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thats what charging money for tax funded tra!sit amounts to. It's usually an anti homeless measure.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 week ago

Regressive taxes are far, far more cost efficient than means testing. And like I said, the costs saved by eliminating fare are already factored in. They're $33 million per year, and I added an extra $52 million on top of that for good measure.