Why Does the Lehigh Valley not have major public transit-- SEE SEPTA

There was a discussion of this on on true Democrats http://thetruedemocratsoflehighcounty.blogspot.com/2006/11/another-rail-option.html Well very simply the reason we don't have public transit of very much substance is a 5 letter acronym SEPTA or Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation authority. or as I like to call it the Southeastern Pennsylvania money pit. Beyond sucking up most of the state's Public Transit fundings. It also has a $1 tire tax, 1% extra tax on Leased vehicles,rented Vehicles,and 1.22% of the state sales tax, plus 400 million dollars in federal highway funding. Beyond that now they want to add additional .89% onto the property transfer tax in Pennsylvania,11.5 cent increase in the gas tax, to make up for it's 55 to 70 million dollar shortfall. So if you wonder why we can't get mass transit in the Lehigh valley such as rail service just look south