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Old 10-31-2010, 08:30 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by Dion View Post
Before I moved to High River I paid taxes in the City of Calgary for over 25 years. My taxes helped to build most of the LRT system that Calgarians use today. So no, you're not subsidizing the few times I use the transit system.
Do your current taxes pay for it's day to day operation?

You have a point that you did contribute, but to think that the system somehow doesn't cost the taxpayers anything more now that you stopped paying Calgary taxes is a bit of a stretch.
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