Post AvJCW1GpxHnwXfJ6P2 by duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AvJBGCknORq1ZLDOim by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-06-20T02:58:12Z
       
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       “There is a popular myth out there that public agencies ought to be able to finance themselves with user fees. Unfortunately this principle is never applied consistently. It is used to target institutions disliked by the Right.” @maxbsawicky https://sawicky.substack.com/p/get-on-the-bus-gus
       
 (DIR) Post #AvJCW1GpxHnwXfJ6P2 by duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-06-20T03:12:13Z
       
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       @interfluidity @maxbsawicky Yup.  Small l-libertarian here: there should be no cost whatsoever to using any public institution.  To tax people and *then* charge them is reprehensible, and disproportionately impacts the poorest members of society.