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2008-11-09 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Fred 2008-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The good thing about a plan like this is that many of the people who cross the bridges every day are not residents of NY city. They don't vote for the Mayor or city council. So they can be pissed off as much as they want, and it won't hurt the NYC politicians at all. It's a win-win (for the NYC pols, that is.) Maybe they should raise the tolls until people stop coming into the city. That would ease congestion, pollution and global warming. Of course, that would ruin the economy of NYC, but you can't make an omelet without breaking a few golden eggs.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2008-11-09 00:13|| 2008-11-09 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Traffic jams? Nah...maybe they can raise money selling pitchforks and torches?

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2008-11-09 00:31|| 2008-11-09 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 I would imagine the more tolls collected the slower the traffic & the longer the backups.
It would be easier to tax commuters for parking in NYC, $5-10 an hour would do.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-11-09 03:27|| 2008-11-09 03:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Let everyone travel free, but ~~Nationalize~~ confiscate the polluting car titles and auction them off in two year intervals until all the polluters are gone. The sell gummit green hybrid "People's Lada Cars" at extreme prices and high gummit interest until everyone uses public trans.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-09 07:03|| 2008-11-09 07:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Quagmire!

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-09 09:59|| 2008-11-09 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

-- Taxman, The Beatles

Posted by SteveS 2008-11-09 10:52|| 2008-11-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#7 I know this may be heresy in some of our more progressive and enlightened enlaves, but how about cutting spending?

Just mandate going back to spending levels of 5 yrs ago, and I bet that deficit clears right up.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-11-09 11:37|| 2008-11-09 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Do not ask for whom the bridge tolls
It tolls for thee.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-11-09 14:38|| 2008-11-09 14:38|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL, AP!! :)

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-11-09 15:01|| 2008-11-09 15:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Asking people to pay for services delivered. What a concept. Next thing you know, the FAA will add a tax on airplane tickets to finance improvements in the air traffic control system. Naaah, that'll never happen.

Posted by Perfesser 2008-11-09 16:38|| 2008-11-09 16:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Perfesser, you already pay local and federal gas/air travel taxes that should pay for maintenance and upgrades to your transportation systems. I suggest you look into where those funds are diverted to. Hint: not there

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-11-09 16:55|| 2008-11-09 16:55|| Front Page Top

#12 "People coming into the city should be paying for some of the service they get,"

This Ass Hat has the typical "Manhattan IS the city" attitude common among the city's elite. New York City is composed of FIVE boroughs (Counties to anyone from the outside). Most users of those bridges are NYC residents to begin with. Putting tolls on those bridges would restrict travel within the city.

In simple geographic terms New York City is an archipelago made up almost entirely of islands. The only portion of the city on the mainland is the Bronx. Everything else is on an island. That is why we have so many bridges, tunnels and ferries. The East River bridges provide links between Manhattan and either Brooklyn or Queens both of which are EQUALLY part of New York City.

Brooklyn itself was once the fourth largest city in the US. It could be so again, particularly if it, Queens and Staten Island split off to form their own city (unlikely though that may be).

Posted by DanNY">DanNY 2008-11-09 22:18|| http://libertyboy.wordpress.com/]">[http://libertyboy.wordpress.com/] 2008-11-09 22:18|| Front Page Top

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