> What's the percentage of overall income? Half of that? So low that your argument holds very little water.
Yeah, about that. Do you think most working class people are flippant about costs that take 2.5% of their pre-tax income?
I'm in favor of the €49/month ticket. It's a step forward. But I genuinely don't understand how (and it feels like some sort of cultural or social class disconnect) that seems trivial to people, and wonder if it's not being acclimatized to German non-tech incomes.
If people take buy this ticket, it either alleviates previous commuting costs or is merely a purchase of convenience. Either way it's a positive at its current price
Absolutely. I'm entirely responding to the "does it even matter" part of things. It's possible to simultaneously be an across the board improvement and still not reach the level of trivially inexpensive.
I'm a suicidal burn out trying to drag my mind back from oblivion, I sure as shit am not on silicon valley money.
Also:
> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
Your argument's a straw man, regardless of the fact that you're "trying to be constructive".
(And to be honest, the way you prefaced that statement had the feeling of "no offence, but...", it's a poor rhetorical practice.)
Germany has a long history of charging things at damned near administrative costs, 5% on transport just isn't a lot of money.
And also, 5% of "post-rent living costs"?
What's the percentage of overall income? Half of that? So low that your argument holds very little water.