12/01 한국 : "people should not pay for using the public transportation |
In these days, many people are using the public transportation like the bus or the subway. These public transportations are more cheap and convenient than driving own car. Therefore, many people are using these transportation easily. Because the public transportation do not have traffic congestion, it is very popular to many commuters. About this beneficial transportation, some people say that if the public transportation fee is free, many people are able to use that more conveniently. On the other hand, other people say that if many people use the public transportation for free, maintaining and providing good service would be too big burden. From my point of view, the free transportation system seems to be unreasonable and too silly because maintaining public transportation is very costly and it is very unfair to many owners of passenger cars. First of all, making the public transportation fee free is a impossible mission. If public transportation becomes free, we are able to take advantage of buses and the subway easily and conveniently because we do not have to cost transportation fee. However, many transportation systems are already operation at a loss. That is way, the cost of maintaining and operation facilities and equipment is pretty expensive. This plan would just raise our taxes and it will big burden to the whole nation. Particular, the low-income class people would suffer from this unreasonable plan. In the far-sighted viewpoint, I do not recommend this plan. According to a research conducted at New York University in 2007, 80 percent of respondents who are professors replied that this plan looks like good and effective policy, but our government is not able to afford the transportation fee of all the nation. On top of that, if this policy goes into effect, it cause raising our taxes. Many poor people would suffer from too expensive tax. As a matter of fact, a high-income class would not suffer form this policy because they are able to afford it. The the main problem is that it is too big burden to the low income classes. Especially, some people who do not use public transportations might think it is a very unfair and unreasonable plan. Also, there are some people who should need to use their own cars for many reasons. If they should charge the higher taxes due to silly policy, they would also think this policy is not fair. Although many people are using public transportation daily, there are more many people who do not use transportation. For more objective evidence, I read a newspaper a few weeks ago, it said that about 20 percent of people who are living in rural have never taken public transportation throughout their lives. From this article, I believe these unfair policy is not helpful and effective to our lives. To sum up, I believe that making the public transportation fee free is very silly policy. Not to mention, this policy can not succeed for two reason: One is that the maintain and operation fee of the public transportation fee is too big burden and the government is not able to afford it. Another is that many people who do not take advantage of these transportations should suffer from unreasonably high taxes. |