The “T” which is the public transit system in Boston got desperately needed money. Cuts in public transit really hurt a place like Boston.
Yeah, Boston has a public transit system which is inefficient and cannot survive without public subsidy.
It also has the “Big Dig”: a ludicrous showcase for corruption and theft, which turns out to have been so badly built that it is a death-trap. Here’s a shocker: that needs public money too.
Boston - like many American cities - excels in making poor, corrupt and immoral choices in the expectation that the rest of the American people will bail them out.
Well tough. It’s not our problem. Boston must pay for its own mistakes, not expect the rest of us to pick up the tab.
Specifically, how much stimulus money went to keep union slugs employed on the T?
Maybe, instead of getting other people to pay for your transit system, your local government should raise the fares. I don't ride your stinkin' transit. Don't even live in Boston. Why the he!! should I be paying for it through the tax dollars stolen from my paycheck each week?