The Federal Government is a free rider. It doesn't provide operating subsidies and everyone else has to basically underwrite Federal employees using metro.
Gerry Connolly: “The Federal Government is a free rider. It doesn't provide operating subsidies and everyone else has to basically…”
On the recordOctober 21, 2019
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Connolly criticizes the federal government for not funding metro operations.
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