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Article #1147$1+ Billion of Federal Tax Money for 6.7 miles of track
From: Bill Baker
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:00
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How do taxpayers in Baltimore feel about the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) asking Congress to spend $1,167,000,000 (that's $1 BILLION+) of your federal tax dollars to build 6.7 miles of track from Colma, a town with a population of 1,236, where most of the land is occupied with cemeteries, to San Francisco's Airport? Do you think the people living in the San Francisco Bay Area can find a less expensive way to get to the airport? Congress says they will give this project $750,000,000 federal tax dollars (that's $111,940,298.507 of Federal tax dollars spent per mile of track!). Can you think of anything else that the Federal government might spend this $750 MILLION on? Is this pork, in its purest form, or just the way things are? Let the world know what you think.Share your ideas and ask questions about San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) service by posting messages to the BART TRACKS bulletin board at: http://www.wmbakerassociates.com/barta.html http://www.wmbakerassociates.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html
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