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In Reply to: But it can be the way it works. posted by ghost of olddude55 on November 26, 2021 at 06:50:32:
F**k the airlines, and especially corporate or private jets. Same for cruise ships. Cargo we need--floating hotels/resorts and weekends in Vegas we don't--PAY-UP!
Again--narrow-minded views collide. Public transit has to be available/accessibly BEFORE you bankrupt people trying to drive to work/school. "Cart before the horse--penalties before the remedies". Just because you want a nicer place to ride your bikes--after you've driven your 16 year-old car to get it there? Now you sound like tinear. Here's a list of all the problems, no solutions, no participation--he just takes his Benz on cross-country driving tours--that helps, right?
I'm not pleading innocent, but I'm not advocating that EVERYONE pay more for EVERYTHING because of MY "indulgences", either. I've worked with the volunteers and families that can't afford the cost of everything/anything to go up by 20% (or even 5% or 10%).
If the "alternatives" already were in existence, people would use them. My BIL and his husband live in NYC--the only reason that they even own a vehicle is because of his (my BIL's) work and to get to their second home in up-State, NY. Otherwise, it's public transportation. Who really wants to drive in NYC?
From where I sit right now--nearest traffic-light about 4 miles away--nearest grocery store/WalMart, about 13 miles. What do you suggest? From my parents' place--even further.
"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP
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Follow Ups
- "Air travel???"--are you serious, or just high? - dark_dave56 11/26/2107:31:13 11/26/21 (27)
- In most places, public transit is available. - ghost of olddude55 07:57:37 11/26/21 (26)
- Correction--in and very near urban areas, public transportation is available... - dark_dave56 10:20:40 11/26/21 (25)
- I don't get what your point is. - Rick W 12:13:33 11/26/21 (11)
- Public transportation is a part of the answer... - dark_dave56 12:44:53 11/26/21 (10)
- RE: Public transportation is a part of the answer... - RV817 11:54:55 11/27/21 (8)
- First--allowing energy (oil) prices to escalate is poor economic policy... - dark_dave56 12:49:24 11/27/21 (7)
- RE: First--allowing energy (oil) prices to escalate is poor economic policy... - RV817 13:27:28 11/27/21 (6)
- "why is it a negative to expect a return on that investment?",,, - dark_dave56 05:15:35 11/28/21 (5)
- RE: "why is it a negative to expect a return on that investment?",,, - RV817 09:35:21 11/28/21 (4)
- OK--so where's mine?... - dark_dave56 13:22:52 11/28/21 (3)
- RE: OK--so where's mine?... - RV817 13:58:18 11/28/21 (2)
- Sorry--having a bad week, and being overly cynical... - dark_dave56 02:45:45 11/29/21 (1)
- RE: Sorry--having a bad week, and being overly cynical... - RV817 10:45:09 11/29/21 (0)
- Your plight is gut wrenching. You should be exempt from paying taxes. nt - Rick W 11:30:46 11/27/21 (0)
- This isn't astrophysics. - ghost of olddude55 10:45:52 11/26/21 (12)
- Correction AGAIN!... - dark_dave56 11:49:07 11/26/21 (9)
- I must have struck nerve, because you're sure getting hostile. - ghost of olddude55 13:59:59 11/26/21 (4)
- No, I'm a "realist"... - dark_dave56 14:48:11 11/26/21 (0)
- don't count on it - Story 14:03:43 11/26/21 (2)
- The price of cars alone... - ghost of olddude55 14:11:14 11/26/21 (1)
- My first house... - dark_dave56 15:11:00 11/26/21 (0)
- RE: Correction AGAIN!... - rivervalley817 12:05:45 11/26/21 (3)
- To paraphrase George Carlin... - dark_dave56 04:32:04 11/27/21 (0)
- If the 'libs' had their way... - dark_dave56 13:04:35 11/26/21 (1)
- RE: If the 'libs' had their way... - RV817 13:53:52 11/26/21 (0)
- reports of a subway under LA - Story 11:19:06 11/26/21 (1)
- Used to listen to Matt Farah's podcast. - ghost of olddude55 11:36:51 11/26/21 (0)