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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (423033)	7/4/2003 7:03:06 PM
From: Diane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm curious why you're responding NOW to my message of over 2 YEARS ago.... Interesting number.......I am curious how that number stacks up against the subsidies we provide airlines through terminal and runway construction or the subsidies we pay for car usage through freeway construction. I don't know for sure about airlines, but I do know that an airline ticket contains a substantial tax. If there is any govt. subsidy, I'm sure it's MUCH less per rider than the the Amtrack subsidy I do know for sure about highways, at least in California. The gas taxes and car taxes subsidize mass transit and probaby other things too. A relatively small percentage of these taxes goes for road construction & maintenance. So car drivers pay more than their fair share. And concerning BART fares, $9 is a lot when you have to pay it every day. It would be a little easier to stomach if it was faster than driving, but it's not, partly because parking is almost impossible during rush hours. Taking the bus to the Bart station takes more time and adds another $3 to the cost of the trip. And to take the family to the city for a ball game etc, forget it!!!! If anything, we drive to the station just before the stadium. That way we avoid most of the traffic and the fare is "only" a couple dollars a person.