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We're highly competitive (thelemmy.club)
submitted 22 hours ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 59 points 22 hours ago* (6 children)

In France we have a meme where "public transport funding" or "health insurance" are listed as benefits, except they are mandatory according to the laws. Haha :(

It's like saying "paying our taxes" or "getting a salary" is listed as a benefit.

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  • [–] 15 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

    Do you mean “funding” like they pay for the transit pass or funding like they pay taxes?

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  • [–] 9 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    They pay for at least 50% of your transit pass

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  • [–] 9 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

    Damn that's an amazing deal compared to having to find 100% of my own transit costs

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  • [–] 10 points 20 hours ago

    Well, it's part of your gross salary, so you end up paying it yourself indirectly.

    Not to mention it's also cumbersome and bureaucratic. Though subsidizing public transport is a good idea, I wasn't a big fan of this implementation when I worked in France. It would be much more efficient to just subsidize local transport tickets directly, or just make it free of charge and save even more unnecessary costs in handling tickets, hiring ticket inspectors, etc.

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