07-04-2019, 10:54 PM
(07-04-2019, 09:16 PM)jeffster Wrote:(07-04-2019, 01:34 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: You nailed it. It is this attitude which creates a stigma for transit users. I wish I could use it more...
Ok, so I'll put it out there: even it was semi-true, isn't that the point? Why does it matter who uses it? So what if it was 75% student? They be people too!
It matters to the people who say it because they believe students don't pay any taxes and are getting a massive free ride from actual taxpayers. Just like everyone who claims cyclists don't pay for roads but drivers pay some mysterious "road tax" that completely covers the cost of the infrastructure. A lot of the general public is profoundly ignorant about this sort of thing and doesn't want to hear anything that doesn't confirm their preconceived notions about all the members of society they look down on.