12-20-2023, 06:24 PM
(12-20-2023, 04:55 PM)ac3r Wrote: The inability of politicians to invest in transit has very little to do with classism and prejudice. That's a naive and uninformed view. Most politicians aren't thinking "ew the poors" when they speak out against large investments in things like transit. They're thinking "damn, my voter base isn't going to like this".
But why won't their constituents like it? In "economic" terms, it usually comes down to "I don't want you spending my tax money on a class of people I'm not part of". I think the price tag in absolute terms rarely matters, only if the money spent directly serves their selfish interests vs some other group's interests.