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Should the government subsidize ride-sharing services for low-income individuals?

Ride-sharing services, like Uber and Lyft, provide transportation options that can be subsidized to make them more affordable for low-income individuals. Proponents argue that it increases mobility for low-income individuals, reduces reliance on personal vehicles, and can reduce traffic congestion. Opponents argue that it is a misuse of public funds, may benefit ride-sharing companies more than individuals, and could discourage public transportation use.

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 @B3KBJM3answered…6 days6D

No, the government should make public transport free for low -income individuals.Investing in companies like Uber benefits the company in itself.

 @B3FH9CFfrom Ontario  answered…1wk1W

with a limit on miles and income that can be helped I think it is important for this to be an option

 @B3CPZL7answered…2wks2W

Should the Italian prime minister lower incomes of divide sharing by Australia prime minister how came along with subsidiaries individual services

 @B38Z9PKfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Yes, but only if there is insufficient public transportation and the need for transportation is reasonable.

 @B37ZK3Kfrom Alberta  answered…2wks2W

Yes but it should he stringent on being able to get the passes (ie they need to show how they use it going to work etc)

 @B37BTCNfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Subsidized ride sharing within certain guidelines for persons with disabilities and lower income for necessary travel like grocery shopping or doctors appointments. Taxes shouldn't be paying for someone to have a paid Uber to go out shopping/eating/just because especially if transit is a viable option.

 @B356ZP6from Ontario  answered…3wks3W

The government should not subsidize ride-sharing services, and instead work towards equitable and affordable public transportation fares.

 @B2S3BFQfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

Yes, the government should subsidize ride-sharing services for low-income individuals. But only for a certain amount of time. About 4-5 months to give said individual an opportunity to better their low-incomes. If an individual is unable to find a way to increase their income in the amount of time allotted then the government should extent their support them for a few more months until one finds a better income.

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Peace Over Party: Arab American Leaders Stun Democrats with Mass Trump Endorsement

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Defense Bill Blocks Transgender Care To Minors

The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a defense policy bill directing $895 billion toward the Pentagon and other military activities, moving over the objections of some Democrats who opposed a provision added late in the negotiations that would deny coverage for transgender health procedures for minors.The 85-to-14 vote, coming a week after a divided House passed the same measure, cleared the bill for President Biden’s signature.Most Republicans and many Democrats supported the measure, which provides a 14.5 percent pay raise to junior enlisted service members and a 4.5 percent pay raise for all other service members. It also expands access to meal assistance, housing and child care programs that benefit those in uniform.But several Democrats withheld their backing in protest of a provision preventing TRICARE, the military’s health care plan for service members, from covering “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization” for children under 18.The language, which would affect the gender-transitioning children of service members, was recently added to the measure at the insistence of Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, who refused to bring a defense bill to the House floor without it, according to aides familiar with the negotiations.Twenty-one Democrats, led by Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, proposed an amendment to strip the provision from the bill, but the matter was never brought to a vote. Several of them took to the floor on Tuesday to lodge their objections.“It’s flat-out wrong to put this provision in this bill and take away a service member’s freedom to make that decision for their families,” Ms. Baldwin said, estimating that the provision could negatively affect as many as 6,000 to 7,000 military families.

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