Why should I pay again to ride the bus when I pay for it through my taxes?
I shouldn’t have to pay twice to use a public service. Its a rip off.
That’s a fallacious argument. Every taxpayer pays for the bus — whether or not they use it. Users pay a tiny fraction of the costs to actually use it. If users didn’t pay anything, then taxpayers (both users and non-users) would have to pay more. If you’re a user, you’re not paying twice — you are benefiting from the huge subsidy provided by non-using taxpayers.