Because they know that having their cooks and cleaners angry at public transit means they won’t be angry at…other things.
Because it serves as a daily reminder to the masses that governments are ineffectual, and can’t be trusted with healthcare, welfare, education, or pensions.
Because it is something they don’t use, and so it is ‘waste’ and ‘inefficiency’ and can be cut with no impact on themselves. (If the help has to leave an hour earlier to arrive on time, well, that’s their problem. And just shows how much of a waste public transit is…)
