Fix the Possessives

Posted on April 18, 2023 by davidbdale

COPY AND PASTE THE PARAGRAPH INTO THE REPLY FIELD.
FIX THE POSSESSIVES.

Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislator’s, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’ opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing it’s power to alter public behavior. Foxes’ effort is aligned with a trend among public transports detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use it’s indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyones benefit to get their cars off the cities highways. The opposition makes no claims about the projects actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’ 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the publics behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly support mass transportation. If it’s budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, thats who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  1. tristanb50's avatar tristanb50 says:
    April 18, 2023 at 8:37 am

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’ opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s efforts are aligned with a trend among public transport’s detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income driver’s benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off city highways. The opposition makes no claims about the project’s actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’ 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly support mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, thats who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  2. adamreim's avatar sinatraman17 says:
    April 18, 2023 at 9:28 am

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in Congress. As seen in Fox News’s opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s effort is aligned with a trend among public transport’s detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off the city’s highways. The opposition makes no claims about the project’s actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’s 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly supports mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people who can’t afford cars, that’s who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  3. doglover846's avatar doglover846 says:
    April 18, 2023 at 10:05 am

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’s opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s efforts are aligned with a trend among public transport’s detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off city highways. The opposition makes no claims about the project’s actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’s 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly support mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, thats who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  4. sortableelms's avatar sortableelms says:
    April 18, 2023 at 10:07 am

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’s opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s effort is aligned with a trend among public transports detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if its current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off city highways. The opposition makes no claims about the project’s actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’ 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly support mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, thats who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  5. g00dsoup's avatar g00dsoup says:
    April 18, 2023 at 10:12 am

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’ opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s effort is aligned with a trend among public transports detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off the cities highways. The opposition makes no claims about the projects actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’ 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly supports mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, that’s who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of whose in office.

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  6. chickennugget246's avatar chickennugget246 says:
    April 18, 2023 at 4:19 pm

    Opposition to San Diego’s public transport has long been argued by legislators, mostly conservatives in congress. As seen in Fox News’s opinion piece, large news sources desperately try to tear down public transport with the argument that the government is abusing its power to alter public behavior. Fox’s effort is aligned with a trend among public transport’s detractors: to routinely underfund the asset, to then use its indigence against it, which some news outlets still report as if it’s current. Legislators argue that fees will impact low-income drivers the most, while it would be mostly to low-income drivers’ benefit to swap cars for light rail or trolleys, and to everyone’s benefit to get their cars off the cities’ highways. The opposition makes no claims about the project’s actual goals. Compare San Diego’s low ridership to San Francisco’s 30%, or even Los Angeles’s 6%! Despite the worries that the government is trying to change the public’s behavior, it should be remembered that the public overwhelmingly support mass transportation. If its budget is slashed to operate as a last resort for people for people who can’t afford cars, that’s who will ride it. The bottom line is, maintaining and owning cars is becoming more expensive regardless of who’s in office.

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