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In article  Scott Riegelhaupt-Herzig, scott@kronos.com writes:

>state aid (as opposed to cities' contributions) to the T, I still
>wonder if any of the Registry-collected $$$ is really going to mass
>transportation and road work.

The actual road work and mass transit maintenance only represent a
fraction of the cost- there are also tons of administrative costs, and
maintenance costs for construction vehicles, parts, supplies, etc.  I
have no doubt that some of the money is mismanaged, misappropriated, or
just plain not used too well, but that's what the money is there for, and
ultimately, that is how it gets used.

Does any of it get used, you ask?  Keep in mind that this is
Massachusetts.  Graft, avarice, greed, influence peddling, and corruption
are artforms in state and local government here.  Just ask Billy Bulger
and Bob Crane.

- Peter