Golden State Off the Rails As Mass Transit Ridership Plummets
10th January 2010
Leftists like mass transit because it’s centrally planned and reduces personal freedom.
As Yogi Berra would say if he were paid to say it by a libertarian foundation, if people don’t want to come out to a station, covered in flop sweat and carrying heavy packages in both hands, to wait for an inconviently scheduled train full of heavy coughers, nothing’s gonna stop them.
Unfortunately, once people have a choice, they don’t take it unless that’s their only option or it’s so heavily subsidized by taxpayers that it’s cheaper than any other method. But, as Margaret Thatcher said, eventually you run out of other people’s money.