On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:10:49 AM UTC-4, wrote:

How does a guy making $40k a year out in flyover land benefit from
subsidizing mass transit it a city with more millionaires per square
mile than anywhere else in the country?

Shoot, that's an easy one to answer.

The $40k guy subsidizes urban mass transit so the users of that mass
transit will be happy where they are and not attempt to move to flyover
country in search of a place where they can afford to own a car.

Cindy Hamilton