Monday, April 21, 2008

Perverse subsidy

"...it's no secret that (U.S.) Congress has always spent far more to promote driving than it's spent on public transit—note that the White House requested $40 billion for the federal highway budget in 2008, versus $1.08 billion for railroad funding."

That is only part of the story though.

Read the whole thing here.

Update: here is another case on the energy front.

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