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Originally Posted by redforever
I am willing to pay that extra fee only when Calgarians pay for all of the capital expenses for its transit system, and are not subsidized by any provincial or federal tax dollars.
You are going to have to realize that it is not only you who has paid into Calgary Transit system and as such, it is not only you who should get the benefit of using it.
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Just because you pay into a pool and money and money from that pool pays for something does not mean you have paid for it. You have to look at net effects. If you take more out of the pool than you put in, you're not really subsidizing anything, are you? But you are getting subsidized.
So what if Calgary received federal and provincial dollars? We pay federal and provincial taxes. And since we're one of the richest jurisdictions in Alberta and Canada, and since we're not swing voters, I would wager that we contribute more to those governments than we ever get back. We are subsidizing, not subsidized.
It's absurd to say you're subsidizing Calgary, when even more money is flowing out of Calgary to subsidize you. The only thing that makes sense is to look at NET subsidies, which are almost certainly in your favor.