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In a triumph of bureaucratic innovation, Seattle officials tried to encourage the public to make use of a hugely expensive new transit system by banning all parking near the stations. In so doing, they provided a perfect example of government’s contemptuous, reckless and ubiquitous disregard for the people it’s supposed to serve and represent.
The residents of the city tried to make sense of the puzzling and novel policy in July, 2009, after the long delayed completion of the most expensive light rail project in...
Combating the Brain-Dead Preference for Government over Private Sector
However, the Seattle idiots are even dumber than the ones in LA. At least there you could drive to the stations.
Light rail is the single most worthless means of transportation known to man. This isn't new. As long ago as the 1880's J. J. Hill, the famous railroad entrepreneur, was quoted as saying "The passenger train is like the male breast, neither functional nor ornamental". Only he didn't use the word "breast".