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by Larrikin 302 days ago
If there isn't a subsidy that makes building subways cheap it doesn't help anyone.
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Whatever it is, subsidies are a corrupt way of financing manufacturers, the money goes to them and a few car buyers. If you want to help an EV manufacturer, buy a stake in it, so the general public gets something in return for their investment.
This take is precisely as juvenile as "taxation is theft"