# Thursday, October 01, 2009
A Ride on the Public Option
I am a poor person. I don't own a car. In fact, I am one of the millions of Americans who are "un-vehicled." When I need to get somewhere, I use the public option. The public option I prefer, the train, demands a small co-pay, is slightly inconvenient, but nevertheless gets me to work just the same as a Mercedes, a Hummer, or a private helicopter. Somehow the country has not turned socialist because of this public option.

If there is a public option for the un-vehicled, why not for the uninsured?


Publically funded and accessible to everyone for a co-pay of about $3-- the CTA Green Line!
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10/1/2009 4:55 PM Central Daylight Time  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [2]  |  Trackback
Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:02:55 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Green line? When did the lines become colored? London, Washington, those had colored lines. But Chicago? We had real trains. Howard Street. Devon and Western. Rogers Park. The Lake Street line. Now they are green? How far behind is pink and fluffy?
Dana Lee Ling
Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:04:15 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Lake Street = Green Line. I also take the Congress, which is now the Blue. And there IS a pink line as well. Rogers Park is the red line. Sounds more like Power Rangers than train lines. (Oh, and instead of colorful Chicago conductors, there is a plain recording announcing the stops.)
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