[PEN-L:8370] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: California Green Party Assembly Representive

["Michael Hoover" <hoov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Why should public transit "run at a profit"?  The fire department doesn't.
> Gene Coyle
>
> Michael Hoover wrote:
> > today, state (47%) and federal (9%) subsidied make up majority of
> > public transit revenues with fares and ads contributing the rest...
> > but operations lost money even at peak of public transit ridership
> > earlier in 20th century...so to get advantages - convenience,
> > punctuality, speed, lower oil costs, reduced pollution - it may
> > not be possible to demand that public transit systems run at a
> > profit...   Michael Hoover

it shouldn't, which was point of my previous post, but all analogies
being suspect, well...

90% of US fire departments are comprised either entirely or mostly
of volunteers (protecting 42% of nation's population)...of remainder,
more than a few are operated on a contracting out, for-profit basis..
..Rural/Metro of Scottsdale, AZ is 'industry' leader with more than
150 contracts with communities around the country (they've been in the
fire protection 'business' for 50 years)...   Michael Hoover