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hydraxis | 6 years ago

Mmh Switzerland has one of the best public transport system in the world, and it is heavily subsidized (https://www.voev.ch/de/Service/Downloadsindex.php?section=do...). How does this fit with your ultra-capitalism-one-pays-for-everything description?

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jandrese|6 years ago

All personal transport is heavily subsidized. Especially automobiles unless you live in an area that is completely covered in toll roads.

Annatar|6 years ago

Considering all the taxes car owners pay in Switzerland, such as street tax, the vignette, fuel tax (which gets completely misappropriated, for public transportation no less, while the car owners sit in traffic jams every day), how are private cars subsidized? The "milk cow" initiative caused a scandal when it was found out that the money drivers have been paying for years in fuel taxes was being misappropriated to fill budget holes elsewhere for decades! How are cars subsidized?

Annatar|6 years ago

It has to generate profit, subsidized or not.