BART Bailout: California Budget to Include $1.1B for Bay Area Transit (sfstandard.com)

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Honest question: Is it really accurate to characterize funding for a public utility or service as a bailout? Or are taxpayers just getting value for their tax money?

I would think a bailout would be when we're giving public money to a for-profit entity that massively mismanaged itself.

[-] superbeans@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I mean there's a decent case that BART hasn't been managed very well. I'm a big supporter of public transit but I worry that there won't be enough oversight for this money.

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