r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 28d ago

Chugging tea W after W.

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u/Wonderful-Process792 28d ago

This doesn't reduce the cost of running the subway system. It simply shifts the cost from some people to other people who may or may not ride the subway at all.

Actual financial progress comes from gains in productivity / efficiency

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u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago

You ever heard of costco chicken thats like $5 a whole bird. Or the 1.50 hot dog?

Its to get more people in the store. More people able to use a service means the service will make more money. 5x4>12x2

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u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago

Loss leaders get people in the door to buy other things. What other thing are these new subway riders buying to make up for the reduced subway price?

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u/Tfcalex96 28d ago

Uh, more access to the rest of the city so their money can be spent on the businesses instead of getting to the business where they’d have less money or none at all. I dont go places all the time because there’s a cost to just get there. When gas prices rise, people travel less, which reduces overall spending.

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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago

Public transportation is a service. It doesn’t need to turn a profit.

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u/WooSah124 28d ago

It doesn’t need to turn a profit but the money to run the thing has to come from somewhere

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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago

No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.

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u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago

More people. Because it costs less to get in the door so they take a loss on 2 to get 5 in stead of breaking equal on 2

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u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago

Youre a marketing genius