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Article #54994Re: Earth to Annapolis
From: Daffy Duck
Date: Fri, 01 May 1992 02:42
Date: Fri, 01 May 1992 02:42
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Stephen Shapero writes The metro is not like > the Paris metro, which is an effective substitute for a car; it is only > for getting commutters in and out of the city. We need a train system > that can replace buses. blah blah blah... blah, blah, blah... The RATP (operates the metro, RER, and buses in Paris), built such a wonderful system with strong financial support from the central government, something we lack in this country. In addition the RATP collects a 2.5% payroll tax in its service area. This 2.5% payroll tax provides for operating subsidies of the system, which has some of the lowest fares and extensive service in the entire world. I wonder how the "rednecks" feel about a 2.5% payroll tax imposed only on urbanized areas of Maryland (i.e. Montgomery, Prince Georges, Ann Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, etc....).
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,e6a67ceaa1608917 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-04-30 19:42:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!umd5!gurd@next04wor.wam.umd.edu From: gurd@next04wor.wam.umd.edu (Daffy Duck) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Re: Earth to Annapolis Message-ID: <12989@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 1 May 92 02:42:12 GMT References: <19054@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Reply-To: gurd@wam.umd.edu Lines: 15