Comment by thbb123
7 days ago
In Europe, more and more public transportation is free, or at least very heavily subsidized
The costs are covered by local taxes, to curb on individual vehicle use and reduce congestion. After some hiccups, some cities manage good economies of scale where everybody, including the environment, wins.
As for housing and food, while there the incentive structure is more fragile, at least, we have homeless shelters that are free, and once again, everybody wins: the costs are very low, and cities are far safer and cleaner.
If transportation, housing, and food were paid for by giving private corporations and they demanded to incade our privacy as payment then i would be against that too actually
But in this occurrence, they are public services, under the public administration's control.
Successful socialism if you want.
So where does the money come from?