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[quote user="daveklepper"] Exactly, Sam, it is included in the ticket price.   But the handicapped who benefit from the expensive hard-of-hearing systme in my theatre and the services of the sound system operator that has to be paid are subsidized by the ticket holders who have no nead of this service.  Diitto the handicapped provisions. In nearly all democratic societies, couples  with many children pay less taxes than those with no children.   Children get free education, paid f or by trax payers.   Education is important, and is funded by tax money.   I happen to think long distance rail service is also important, even as part of education.   Not as important as education, but mobility of the handicapped and elderly for the enitre country is important to me, if not for you.   When you use an elevator in an apartment house, store, or office building, you are getting absolutely free transportation.   There is a difference in direction and scale, but it is sitll transportation! [/quote] Having general ticket buyers pay a very small premium to subsidize ADA compliance in a public venue is one thing. Having people without children pay for public eduction on the theory that society as a whole benefits is another thing.  Requiring single people to pay higher income taxes is unfair.  Where is it written that they work less hard or have lower skills than married people. This feature in the tax code falls under the heading of politics of envy. Subsidizing intercity passenger railroad trains, especially the long distance trains that are used by less than one per cent of intercity travelers, makes no sense. No real intercity transport need is served. And if there is a need for commercial intercity service for the cities served by the long distance trains, it can be provided by commercial bus operators. As I have said on numerous occasions, I am all for intercity passenger rail in relatively short, high density corridors where the cost of expanding the airways and highways is prohibitive. I would like to see the users pay for the services.  As noted in another post re: new station in Miami, hopefully we will get to a point where the short corridor services can be privatized, and the users will pay for the services through the fare box. The proposed private operations in Florida and Italy may show us how it can be done. Needless to say, at this point we see the world differently and are not like to change our views.
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