Townhall·1 hour ago·Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 2:00 PM

DC's Plan to Address Bus Riders Who Skip Paying Fares Is Peak Socialism

If this isn't the perfect encapsulation of the Democrat Party's socialist platform, we don't know what is. IN Washington, D.C., more than 60 percent of bus riders do not pay fares. That's threatening the economic viability of D.C.'s public transit, of course. But instead of enforcing the fares and punishing those who skip out on them, the solution is to raise rates for everyone else by 11 percent.

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