Yes but it’s talking about the US government. Cities draw their own taxes and decide how to spend it. The US government isn’t going to be running local bus routes. The US government should build a network of national high speed rail, but it would cost in the trillions. Ridiculous magnitudes more than the meme is talking about.
I think the lack of specificity in “US Government officials” implies national, federal government and not small town municipal official. Calling the latter “US Government officials” feels weird. I guess a federal government official could approve funding for a local government somewhere, though.
I think this is just a case of sloppy memesmanship.
500 million could buy you a fleet of 150 buses to start a bus system for a small town.
Sure, it won’t buy you a coast-to-coast rail system, but no one said that was what the 500m was trying to afford.
Yes but it’s talking about the US government. Cities draw their own taxes and decide how to spend it. The US government isn’t going to be running local bus routes. The US government should build a network of national high speed rail, but it would cost in the trillions. Ridiculous magnitudes more than the meme is talking about.
I think the lack of specificity in “US Government officials” implies national, federal government and not small town municipal official. Calling the latter “US Government officials” feels weird. I guess a federal government official could approve funding for a local government somewhere, though.
I think this is just a case of sloppy memesmanship.
I’d slow that to 50 busses and that way you have reserve for accidents and maintenance. Also, they can be fancier busses if we have fewer of them
We not paying staff?
That sounds about reasonable. But how many people upvoting the meme have such a modest result in mind?