Comments on: Will: Government Shouldn’t Interfere — Except To Benefit Big Highways http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/18/will-government-shouldn%e2%80%99t-interfere-%e2%80%94-except-to-benefit-big-highways/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Galvan http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/18/will-government-shouldn%e2%80%99t-interfere-%e2%80%94-except-to-benefit-big-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-5849 David Galvan Wed, 20 May 2009 05:51:36 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2162#comment-5849 I started reading his op-ed piece, then I stopped when he started quoting numbers like the .01 percent thing. (Maybe he doesn't understand that .01 means 1 %, not .01%?) He was clearly just making things up at that point, not checking his facts. Rebuking his commentary is a waste of time. The man clearly has no idea what he is talking about. I started reading his op-ed piece, then I stopped when he started quoting numbers like the .01 percent thing. (Maybe he doesn’t understand that .01 means 1 %, not .01%?) He was clearly just making things up at that point, not checking his facts.

Rebuking his commentary is a waste of time. The man clearly has no idea what he is talking about.

]]> By: Dan Wentzel http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/18/will-government-shouldn%e2%80%99t-interfere-%e2%80%94-except-to-benefit-big-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-5806 Dan Wentzel Mon, 18 May 2009 17:11:33 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2162#comment-5806 The saddest aspect of Will's critique, however, isn't his lashing out at LaHood. He willfully ignores the fact that the highway industry benefits from unprecedented government intervention and an uneven playing field that discourages transit projects while subsidizing roads. -------------- The automobile-entitled never see their subsidies as a subsidy. Lots of folks on the right think of public transit as "socialism", but when you point their own subsidies for their automobiles they stammer, "but, but, but..." The saddest aspect of Will’s critique, however, isn’t his lashing out at LaHood. He willfully ignores the fact that the highway industry benefits from unprecedented government intervention and an uneven playing field that discourages transit projects while subsidizing roads.

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The automobile-entitled never see their subsidies as a subsidy.

Lots of folks on the right think of public transit as “socialism”, but when you point their own subsidies for their automobiles they stammer, “but, but, but…”

]]> By: Erik http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/18/will-government-shouldn%e2%80%99t-interfere-%e2%80%94-except-to-benefit-big-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-5803 Erik Mon, 18 May 2009 16:51:51 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2162#comment-5803 George is also a big baseball fan. When was the last new ballpark in the majors (or the minors for that matter) built without a huge heap of public funding?? George is also a big baseball fan. When was the last new ballpark in the majors (or the minors for that matter) built without a huge heap of public funding??

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