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Old 11-12-2020, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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I'm concerned over the MTA's financial woes & it's future. Love it or hate it, I rely on it to take me from pt. A to pt. B.

https://gothamist.com/news/bidens-wi...of-trouble-yet

Transit leaders in the northeast hope that with Joe Biden having won the presidential election, public transit agencies and transit projects will get a much needed boost of support at the federal level.

While Biden is seen as friendlier to New York and New Jersey, and both states have Democrats as Governors, transportation experts warn his current infrastructure plan doesn’t address the dire situation currently facing the subways and commuter trains.
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Old 11-12-2020, 10:40 AM
 
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See I'm mixed on this. I'm sick of major businesses miss managing their money and keep getting bailed out. It just teaches them to do what they want with it and they will keep getting more. I want them to hit rock bottom and have no money thrown at them so they actually have to take accountability and learn how to manage money.
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Old 11-12-2020, 11:49 AM
 
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At least half of any money allocated to transit will be stolen by pols and ther cronies.
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Old 11-12-2020, 12:40 PM
 
Location: NY
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I'm concerned over the MTA's financial woes & it's future. Love it or hate it, I rely on it to take me from pt. A to pt. B.

https://gothamist.com/news/bidens-wi...of-trouble-yet

Transit leaders in the northeast hope that with Joe Biden having won the presidential election, public transit agencies and transit projects will get a much needed boost of support at the federal level.

While Biden is seen as friendlier to New York and New Jersey, and both states have Democrats as Governors, transportation experts warn his current infrastructure plan doesn’t address the dire situation currently facing the subways and commuter trains.


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Like anything old there comes a time to bury it...........

Fill the hole with sand.
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Old 11-12-2020, 01:48 PM
 
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See I'm mixed on this. I'm sick of major businesses miss managing their money and keep getting bailed out. It just teaches them to do what they want with it and they will keep getting more. I want them to hit rock bottom and have no money thrown at them so they actually have to take accountability and learn how to manage money.
Money talks, you know the rest
However, the rebuttal will be that these big businesses are vital to the economy
So you can't win

Just know that it's always been about 99% and 1%

1% doesn't even know C-D exists.
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Old 11-12-2020, 01:53 PM
 
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Just know that it's always been about 99% and 1%

1% doesn't even know C-D exists.
What do you mean? I'm pretty sure I figured out what usernames Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are
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Old 11-12-2020, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Earth
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I want my subway expansions!
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Old 11-12-2020, 08:59 PM
 
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See I'm mixed on this. I'm sick of major businesses miss managing their money and keep getting bailed out. It just teaches them to do what they want with it and they will keep getting more. I want them to hit rock bottom and have no money thrown at them so they actually have to take accountability and learn how to manage money.
I used to think that way, but unfortuntely the suffering that regular people will have inflicted on them isn't worth it. You can't force values or ethics.

This could be an opportune time for the MTA to force through structural/labor reforms that would put them in a better position going forward. The politics of the moment in New York isn't going to allow for that.
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