>Things being free in public helps low income people live nice fulfilled lives still.
>Now it costs $40 to launch a sailboat at my local reservoir.
If you can afford a sailboat, you're not "low income".
If you can afford a sailboat, you're not "low income".
We had one when my mom was cleaning a convalescent home as her job, and commuting 35 miles one way to do it.
My dad worked 55+ hours a week, and commuted 60 miles one way to do it.
So unless you think my dad let my mom clean hospital floors and bathrooms while we weren't low income, I'd argue you can.
Obviously it's not some keeled ocean going vessel you keep at the marina.
But let's use your version.. a tiny boy scout dingy you can lift by yourself and put in the water. Should it cost $40 to put that in the water?