The part which made my skin crawl was referring to the state's policies and priorities on transit--that the state wants to privatize it.
Got a look at some informational flyers from the 1990s about the economic impact of PVTA; mostly familiar stuff but some Orwellian bits too
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Now, as a big fan of Japanese transit, I'm certainly no opponent of privatization. No, my problem is that they use the word dishonestly.
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Apparently state regulations ban transit authorities from actually operating transit. This is handled by """"private"""" companies.
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The flyer boasted that PVTA created several hundred private sector jobs for bus and van drivers. Only problem: those jobs are state-funded.
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If privatization is really the goal, this is a very weird way to go about it. But if we're gonna keep transit in the state's hands...
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...then this is *still* a very weird way to go about it. Why can't we make up our minds about this? I know, I know, rhetorical question.
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State ownership/operation is Bad even if it's unavoidable. Privatization is Good, even if unworkable. So we go for this arm's length BS.
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Anyway. I can't think of any easy way to solve this problem, I'm just grousing to get it out of my system. Very frustrating business.
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