Rosa Parks Transit Center problems

**belleislerunner** · January-21-16, 07:58 AM

Why would we expect people who use something to have to pay for it? That's far too logical. It's more fun to expect another entity, or group of people, to pay for it once we choose to not maintain it and let it fall into disarray. Our middle name is Entitled. We are Detroit proud.

**Bham1982** · January-21-16, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by belleislerunner

Why would we expect people who use something to have to pay for it? That's far too logical. It's more fun to expect another entity, or group of people, to pay for it once we choose to not maintain it and let it fall into disarray. Our middle name is Entitled. We are Detroit proud.

It's hardly "entitlement" to not ask the poorest Detroiters to pay the full cost of transit fares. There's no place in the Western world where transit fares are fully covered by the farebox.

That's why we have an graduated federal income tax system. I guess we could do away with taxation and go 100% user fees, forcing the poor to pay $10 for a bus ride, but I'm not sure why that would make any sense.

**EastsideAl** · January-21-16, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

It's hardly "entitlement" to not ask the poorest Detroiters to pay the full cost of transit fares. There's no place in the Western world where transit fares are fully covered by the farebox.

That's why we have an graduated federal income tax system. I guess we could do away with taxation and go 100% user fees, forcing the poor to pay $10 for a bus ride, but I'm not sure why that would make any sense.

Damn, I actually agree wholeheartedly with Bham. Maybe I better check myself...