September 16, 2011 11:33AM 

# The Perks of Local Government 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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The *Washington Examiner* [reports](http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/09/metro-execs-assigned-agency-take-home-cars):

> Six of \[the Washington-area mass transit system\] Metro’s top executives are assigned agency-owned vehicles that they can drive home, the transit system acknowledged Tuesday, one day after saying none of them had take-home vehicles.
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> That is in addition to the 116 Metro employees who receive take-home vehicles, including 88 managers and superintendents, first reported by The Washington Examiner.

I wonder if executives and managers at automobile companies get free subway passes?

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