In message , at
09:17:46 on Sat, 28 Jul 2018, michael adams
remarked:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...

All

LONDON

council tax payers subsidise the fares of the subset who choose to use
TfL.

While

LONDON

council tax payers who chose to use Tfl are subsidising themselves.

That's the bit I was having difficulty with.

People subsidising themselves.

Because only a minority of LONDON council tax payers use TfL services,
some of the money is indeed goinf round in a circle (from taxpayer to
himself via lower fares) but overall, on average, or whatever similar
concept floats your boat, all of them are subsidising the minority who
are benefiting from the lower fares.
--
Roland Perry