People should not pay for the public transportation. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons or examples to support your ideas.
人们不应该支付公共交通的费用。你是否同意这一观点?请用具体的理由和事例来说明。
I do not agree; I think the people who use public transportation should pay for it, at least to the amount that covers the expense of public transportation operations. The reasons I believe this are several.
Firstly, public transportation is very expensive, especially those modern means like subways. The cost of building subway lines to take cars off the street is enormous.The land where the above-surface stations and tracks is to be and the underground,highly reinforced tunnels for the trains are very costly. Then there is the cost of the staff involved -drivers, guards, management personnel and expensive maintenance and repair.
These expenses, as least to recover costs, should be borne by the users-not by the general tax payers from the countryside who never use a subway. Most subway users are employed and use it to commute to and from work; it is of most use to them and they should be willing to pay. So a simplistic argument is that, they can afford to pay for it so why not charge them for it!?
Besides the money the government would have to expend if it paid for all expenses,which means less tax funds for general public benefits like education and health care.If people have to pay for health services, essential for life itself for rich and poor, why should people not have to pay for something so much less essential for life and which is of benefit to fewer people and those who can afford to pay for it! It is a matter of simple logic.
There is also the argument that people value most that for which they have to pay. Abuse of public property is a problem, but if people realize they are paying for it and abuse of property simply raises the cost of maintenance, they will be more careful with it.
these reasons, I believe it is reasonable to ask public transportation users to pay for service.