This is the Number 85 that goes from Luxembourg Park to Mairie de Saint-Ouen.
Buses are buses most places. The system here is much better than any of the few systems at home. In the early 50's in America we had great transit system. In the San Francisco bay area they had the Red line. Oil and automotive shell companies bought them out and tore out the tracks. Commuters were forced to buy cars to get to work. Profits soared and, as we can feel it now, there is nothing stopping them. Oil companies and their owners hold the consumer, our country, and our economy hostage. They generate wars, and pressure law makers to provide them immunity from taxation, over site, and real environmental protection enforcement.
If we are slaves to this madness, then we are far worse off than an ordinary slave because we don't know we are slaves. Fear is what a slave feels and fear is what the slave own generates to control his slave (property). What generates fear in our country?
Our individual and group strength comes from where and when we pay for fuel, food, and other items. Our choices cast a vote that Corporations respond to.
The price of fuel directly impacts every single item that is transported, manufactured, or grown. And on top of the pyramid is government sales tax and income tax. The citizen consumer, us, get it milked from all sides.
Meanwhile, a bus ride in a Country that fought with us for our independence and helped free us from the British rule and exploitation, is a welcome moment for simple enjoyment.
3 comments:
Since gas prices in Indianapolis are at just under $4 a gallon - When I go downtown I catch the bus: no traffic, no looking for a place to park, no worrying about how much time is left on the meter; none of that. $1.75 US one way.
Paris? Aren't you close enough to use the subway? Or what - Le Tube?
Ron
In the United States, the consumer gets "lubed" everyday before getting screwed by the oil companies.
how's the coffee in Paris?
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