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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Bobstandard

(2,297 posts) Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:40 PM Oct 2025

Same place the money for the interstate highway system came from

Or the moon program. Or an aircraft carrier. Or a marginal tax rate of 90% for the top 2% of earners like in the 50s. Just because you don’t want to help pay doesn’t mean we can’t have nice things.