It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I used to.

Took the red line the other day. Looked just fine to me.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Well yeah, the L is in better condition than the Subway because it has much fewer riders and hasn't recently been wracked by flooding from a hurricane. Also, the whole Red Line has had a lot of recent work done.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

:lol: No shit. Wasn't the entire red line south of 22nd closed all of last summer (or 2 summers ago)?

And the riders should absolutely fund the additional costs of upgrades.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Let me see if the link works this way:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nyc-mayor-pushes-for-tax-on-the-1-percent-to-fund-subway-fix/2017/08/07/5612aa60-7b5f-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html?utm_term=.6c2a9593743e

My complaint is that there is enough money already in the entire system, but they just keep sucking up more. It's non-stop. And the riders should absolutely fund the additional costs of upgrades.

Earlier in the thread you complained about tollways increasing in price. So who are you crappin?

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Let me see if the link works this way:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nyc-mayor-pushes-for-tax-on-the-1-percent-to-fund-subway-fix/2017/08/07/5612aa60-7b5f-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html?utm_term=.6c2a9593743e

My complaint is that there is enough money already in the entire system, but they just keep sucking up more. It's non-stop. And the riders should absolutely fund the additional costs of upgrades.

The tax would increase the top income tax rate from about 3.9 percent to 4.4 percent for married couples who make more than $1 million and individuals making more than $500,000, city officials said. It would affect about 32,000 of New Yorkers filing taxes in the city, or just less than 1 percent, officials said.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Chicago does not have near the same levels gentrification issues as New York. Not going to sit here and let Brick trash my great city. Not going to happen.

You were the one who compared it to Chicago, and literally anyone who has been to both would know that while Chicago has some really good parts or it(mainly if you live on the Red or Blue Line or in the Loop) it doesn't compare to the options in New York.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Axiomatically, public transportation makes Chicago cheaper and easier to get around, while public transportation makes New York possible to get around.

Preemptively, no, you can't just further shift the costs of the Subway onto riders, who are already paying $2.75 a ride.

Well, the fallacy is that whatever is currently there is "correct". When we were talking about Chicago's financial mess, I believe you said they should cut things to get down to a manageable level. Would it be fair to say that the current spending is right simply because it is currently set at that level?

For something as important as public transportation inside a very high population density I'm more willing to think it should be overfunded rather than underfunded.

That's a pretty big ask of a lot of people making not a lot of money. We're not talking about people riding in from Suffolk County here.

I wonder if CTA has ever done a study of their flat-rate fare system versus a zone system. I never quite understood why O'Hare to Lake is the same cost as Logan Square to Grand Ave.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

I wonder if CTA has ever done a study of their flat-rate fare system versus a zone system. I never quite understood why O'Hare to Lake is the same cost as Logan Square to Grand Ave.

I wonder if CTA has ever done a study of their flat-rate fare system versus a zone system. I never quite understood why O'Hare to Lake is the same cost as Logan Square to Grand Ave.

That tax plan raises $800M annually, and the system needs $29B according to the article. Public transport, particularly in NY is absolutely essential. They should fully fund it with user fees. You're not going to fund all the government's priorities with taxes on the wealthy. That pot isn't big enough as CT has learned.

Here's your income tax rates in NYC:

Federal- 39%
NY State- 8.8%
NYC- 3.9%

You're at 52%, albeit non-AMT payers lower their Federal Rate by deducting local taxes.

I wonder if CTA has ever done a study of their flat-rate fare system versus a zone system. I never quite understood why O'Hare to Lake is the same cost as Logan Square to Grand Ave.

The users should pay for repairs, except when I am a user of said system.

http://www.tax.illinois.gov/News/2017_Gasohol.htm

July 11th Effective Date for Changes to the Gasohol Sales and Use Tax Exemption

While P.A. 100-22 removed the 20-percent Sales and Use Tax Exemption for sales of gasohol effective July 1, 2017, the Department has allowed motor fuel retailers until July 10, 2017, to make the appropriate changes to their pumps. The Department will not hold retailers responsible for collecting from their customers the full 100 percent amount of tax on gasohol sales made prior to July 11th, but if a retailer began collecting the full amount of tax prior to July 11th, that retailer must remit all tax collected to the Department. Retailers should not attempt to refund the tax in order to obtain a credit from the Department.

Edit: article on it

https://townhall.com/watchdog/illinois/ ... nol-n10779

It's done mostly to give the poorer people on the outskirts a way they can afford to get to the richer parts of the city and then leave.

I wonder if CTA has ever done a study of their flat-rate fare system versus a zone system. I never quite understood why O'Hare to Lake is the same cost as Logan Square to Grand Ave.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.