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[electricland]

• Mon, 15:44: So Metropasses are going up by $5/month? That's... let me see... $60/year. Hmm, where have I heard that number before? #TOpoli

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[themusesbitch.livejournal.com]

I have been getting this real sense lately, between the way Ford manipulated the voter base and what happened/is happening in the US around the whole healthcare debate, that people are just getting more and more selfish. I know, times are tough, and I know we all have good reason to believe that the government isn't being as efficient/effective with tax dollars as they could be, but I don't understand how many people seem to think they shouldn't pay a penny towards something they aren't using RIGHT THIS SECOND in the interest of having a more well-served and balanced society.

I don't own a car and I rarely take transit, but I don't have a hard time appreciating how important is is to have the best transit system possible for a variety of reasons: accommodating the working poor and lower-income folks who need to commute (as well as people who simply prefer not to fight their way through the core & into expensive parking with their vehicles), being more environmentally friendly, diminishing drunk driving, and the one people don't seem to mention as often, being tourist-friendly in a city whose economy is at its best when tourism is thriving.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Totally agree. The vast sense of entitlement/I Got Mine that seems to be out there really bugs me. I also get very annoyed when people decide they know exactly how much things should cost and how much people should be paid (less, in both cases) and bitch about waste/overpaid public servants/what have you.

The TTC is definitely not without its faults (as I have to keep reminding myself whenever the knee-jerk impulse to defend them against all comers pops up) but we need it! For all the reasons you mention. And to get me to work. ;)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Huh. Christopher Hume has noticed the same thing, methinks: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/921510--hume-the-sudden-importance-of-language-in-toronto