06-17-2022, 01:12 AM
(06-16-2022, 08:51 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-16-2022, 01:11 PM)ac3r Wrote: Well the Liberals had a "buck a ride" transit fares if they won, but then this province said nah we want to get screwed by Ford for 4 more years. Not that I think the OLP would have been a good party...or that they could even pull this off (like many things they promise) but yeah, we at least had a chance.
I think part of the problem was the Liberals had poorly considered ideas. “Buck a ride” is dumb unless it’s clear what happens to the overall funding level. I don’t trust the populace at large to evaluate policy decisions well, but on some level I think many people can, at least some of the time, detect when a policy is just a brainstorm idea from an election campaign rather than a well considered idea that actually has some solid thinking behind it. I mean, I like the idea of lowering fares, but only in the context of increasing funding so the service can handle the additional ridership and to increase the number of people for whom the newly-reduced fares are useful.
Dumb ideas doesn't seem to hurt conservatives.