Reform NOT revenue: The MBTA

The MBTA continues to “crash” in spectacular fashion before the very eyes of the public it ostensibly serves. Corruption, goldbricking, ineptitude and corruption are pervasive. The latest slap in the face: a Green Line snafu which led to the delay of a much anticipated kidnapping trial. As the saying goes: “Justice delayed is justice denied”. For the MBTA, the time  has long since passed for the administration of justice. In this case, the thing to do is to sell the system to the highest possible bidder. It is little more than a fiscal black hole, and it would possibly be cheaper for the state to subsidize riders with a stipend of some kind. Not that we favor government-administered subsidies, but the dollar-cost analysis would be insightful nonetheless. The MBTA has rifled the pockets of taxpayers long enough. The only reform worthy here is a sale of the “asset” itself.