Fares on the city-run public buses in Greenville are subsidized by city tax revenues, but among the beneficiaries of the low fares are many people who commute from outside the city to jobs in Greenville
Some city councillors argue that city taxes should be used primarily to benefit the people who pay them, and ttherefore that bus fares should be raised enough to cover the cost of the service
Many businesses whose presence in the city is beneficial to the city's taxpayers would relocate outside the city if public-transit fares were more expensive.