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Utah expands public transportation with rapid bus ...
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megablast
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Like "free" roads then, or "free" police, or "free" non-polluted air.
dang
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Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, and especially not ideological boilerplate!
eksu
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It was a federal grant.
AnimalMuppet
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... which is paid for by taxes.
mozumder
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Not if you're one of the many people that don't pay taxes! (retirees, children, the poor, etc..)
jessriedel
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Most retirees pay taxes, including on social security.
loeg
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Most of "the poor," too, unless you pick a particularly narrow definition.
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dang
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Please don't make a bad thread even worse by going into personal attack.
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