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BBC News - Priority queues: Paying to get to the front of the line

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Often those paying the highest price subsidise others who can then enjoy the service, though perhaps with a bit of temporal inconvenience.

Richard Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I disagree with often. More often the logistics of providing a priority queue further constrains resources for the rest. Witness high occupancy traffic lanes and frequent traveler security lines at the airport.

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But are traditional American values like fairness and equal opportunity really compatible with letting someone buy their way to the front of the line? And what happens when the people who pay more want more?

Time for another are taxes fair thread :)

Sixto
87 300D

I don't stand in lines so have no opinion, other than queue is a word that has at least two too many vowels.

At first glance, I thought it was going to be about priority queso. And that I was interested in. Even if I'm not entirely sure what it means.

MV

Hey, someone else here checks out the BBC.

- Peter.

Queso always has priority around these parts. Queso = all things good and wholesome.