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“Metro, citing drop in subway ridership, urges Congress to boost transit benefit<\/strong>” reads the Washington Post <\/a>headline.\u00a0 The DC subway system has been screwing riders almost every chance possible in recent years – especially with endless weekend planned slowdowns for “track maintenance.”\u00a0 The weekend work crews (probably receiving double or triple overtime) and they are some of the biggest sloughers I’ve seen since I worked for the Virginia Highway Department<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The subway is run for the benefit of the unionized government workers who too often sleep at the switches.<\/p>\n

So what does Metro management propose?\u00a0 A big boost in subsidies to force American taxpayers to further underwrite Metro’s contempt-of-customers – and to provide another unearned benefit to government workers (who would be the prime beneficiaries of such a policy).<\/p>\n

Bah.\u00a0 Here’s a few cartoons explaining why Metro is a piece of [redacted].\u00a0\u00a0 There is even a Twitter account entitled UnSuck DC Metro @unsuckdcmetro<\/p>\n

[Some folks will say – ‘then just drive into D.C.’\u00a0 But the D.C. govt. is one of the most corrupt in the nation as far as rigged speed cameras and red light cameras.\u00a0\u00a0 They are even putting their “catch ’em” cameras at stop signs.\u00a0 The D.C. system knowingly sends out vast numbers\u00a0of unjustified tickets to drivers – and the system is rigged to make it difficult and expensive for victims to challenge that injustice.]<\/p>\n

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