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| Author: | Ogie Oglethorpe [ Sun Nov 19, 2017 12:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | NYC |
I guess they decided it was better to pay unionized transit workers an average salary of $180,000 as thanks for political support than it was to pay for required maintenance. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyre ... -news&_r=1 |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Good article. I've been fascinated by how badly the MTA is breaking down -- New York has never felt bigger or more important in our lifetimes, but all the while it's rotting from the inside out. But I think laying the blame at the feet of labor (evident by your implicit emphasis on "unionized") is a little misleading. It looks like there's been all sorts of financial malfeasance going on at the state level. But there's no argument that they've all lost sight of what should be their top priority, which is making sure stuff works. Labor involved in something as important as the New York subway system should be paid fairly, but not at the expense of operating it. |
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| Author: | 312player [ Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
I have zero sympathy for a city's financial problems when they employ rent control. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
312player wrote: I have zero sympathy for a city's financial problems when they employ rent control. Congratulations, you've identified New York's largest problem: longtime residents can't get evicted so that investors can run airbnbs. |
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| Author: | 312player [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Curious Hair wrote: 312player wrote: I have zero sympathy for a city's financial problems when they employ rent control. Congratulations, you've identified New York's largest problem: longtime residents can't get evicted so that investors can run airbnbs. Nowhere near the top of " problems" but I've always disagreed with telling landlords how much they can rent for. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Illinois doesn't have to get better. The other states just need to get worse |
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| Author: | SuperMario [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
312player wrote: I have zero sympathy for a city's financial problems when they employ rent control. Yeah, but if there wasn't rent control, we wouldn't have unemployed people on Friends living in fancy apartments overlooking Central Park. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
good dolphin wrote: Illinois doesn't have to get better. The other states just need to get worse Reverend Watkins was a sage |
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| Author: | IkeSouth [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Maintenance is largely overlooked in most industries these days. The plan is simple, run the shit till it kills someone then buy new shit. |
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
IkeSouth wrote: Maintenance is largely overlooked in most industries these days. The plan is simple, run the shit till it kills someone then buy new shit. Yep and anytime production actually has the balls to shutdown for a couple days for scheduled maintenance, everyone flips out. They also all flip out when there are unscheduled delays as well. So basically, just have everything run perfectly at all times. Is that too much to ask?!? 
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Hank Scorpio wrote: IkeSouth wrote: Maintenance is largely overlooked in most industries these days. The plan is simple, run the shit till it kills someone then buy new shit. Yep and anytime production actually has the balls to shutdown for a couple days for scheduled maintenance, everyone flips out. They also all flip out when there are unscheduled delays as well. So basically, just have everything run perfectly at all times. Is that too much to ask?!? Vote Mussolini for Governor |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Don Tiny wrote: Hank Scorpio wrote: IkeSouth wrote: Maintenance is largely overlooked in most industries these days. The plan is simple, run the shit till it kills someone then buy new shit. Yep and anytime production actually has the balls to shutdown for a couple days for scheduled maintenance, everyone flips out. They also all flip out when there are unscheduled delays as well. So basically, just have everything run perfectly at all times. Is that too much to ask?!? Vote Mussolini for Governor I'd hate to see Tiny's vote where road building is concerned. |
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| Author: | Ogie Oglethorpe [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC |
Hank Scorpio wrote: IkeSouth wrote: Maintenance is largely overlooked in most industries these days. The plan is simple, run the shit till it kills someone then buy new shit. Yep and anytime production actually has the balls to shutdown for a couple days for scheduled maintenance, everyone flips out. They also all flip out when there are unscheduled delays as well. So basically, just have everything run perfectly at all times. Is that too much to ask?!? The case in point for this is NJ Transit over the summer. They cut services to Penn to perform very needed track repair and people lost their shit. If you think the NY Subway is a disaster, I'd argue the Hudson River Tunnels are an even more pressing problem. They are 100+ years old, at full capacity and they still cannot agree to build a 3rd tunnel. |
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