Not only are you subsidizing govt employees rides on the metro but also anyone who refuses to pay whether you use transit or not.
Why? Cause cause Metro is massively tax funded.
Why did they decriminalize fare evaders and the chief of police instructed his officers in the whole DMV to not write tickets?
"Cause it impacts blacks the most and affects them getting employment" Same reason weed was decriminalized in DC, in case you didnt know.
Anyways if you ride metro and evade fare they will do nothing, and if you ride, that's why you see "them" so cavalier about it.
Anyway heres the full article:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/metro-dc-council-at-odds-over-fare-evasion-order-to-not-write-tickets-now-open-ended