Let mass transit riders cover costs

The media has been playing up an idea that if the legislature in Springfield doesn't bail out mass transits' financial mess, it will bring about some sort of doomsday.

The exact opposite is much nearer the truth.

Illinois taxpayers, as represented by the motoring public, have been dumped on with outrageous gas prices at the pump. This heavy burden, accompanied by the tax cost of every hair-brained idea the politicians can dream up, have many gasping for breath already.

Isn't it about time the mass transit users pay their fair share of the cost of travel?

Not so long ago, with the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota, the powers that be were all clamoring for repairs to be made to our highway infrastructure. These repairs should have been made already with the gas tax that for years motorist have been paying, instead of these funds being siphoned off to provide cheap mass transit.

Mass transit in Illinois is already being subsidized. You can only go to the well so many times before the well is dry.

Philip D. Roos

Arlington Heights