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MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014 Watch the Budget GapIf the MTA has to borrow $15 billion for the underground from the underworld, a single ride will go from $2.50 to $6.25 and a 30 day unlimited card will go from $112 to $280. Economists predict that these changes will have a minuscule effect on people's lives. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Allan on Tue Oct 21 16:14:18 2014, in response to MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014. If the MTA doesn't pay off the debt - what is the underworld going to do? Have the subway cars sleep with the fishes? - We have plenty of cars doing that already in the waters off Maryland. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Oct 21 18:57:40 2014, in response to MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014. Are economists on crack? |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 20:55:39 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Oct 21 18:57:40 2014. Sadly, the dismal science drives many of its proctitioners to crack cocaine's illusions. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Allan on Tue Oct 21 21:01:15 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Oct 21 18:57:40 2014. I don't know about the economists but someone around here is cracked. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Oct 21 21:19:43 2014, in response to MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014. Where would we be if the MTA didn't save us from those scary low platforms, I wonder. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Oct 21 21:25:12 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Oct 21 18:57:40 2014. Some may be, but you definitely are if you didn't notice that the OP's tongue-in-cheek style. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 21:48:59 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Oct 21 21:25:12 2014. I don't have a tongue in cheek style. I post occasionally with my tongue in my cheek because it helps ease the pain of my badly decaying teeth. |
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FIXED!! MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:25:55 2014, in response to MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014. FIXED!!Actually, 15% is not too bad given what is badly needed in many cases. While it would be better if there were funding and no increase, a $3 base fare would not be too bad. Obviously, it would hurt some, but better that and an improved system than no increase and a system that falls apart to re-create what happened in the '70s. |
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FIXED!! MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:30:30 2014, in response to MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 150% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by heypaul on Tue Oct 21 15:55:40 2014. FIXED!!Actually, 15% is not too bad given what is badly needed in many cases. While it would be better if there were funding and no increase, a $3 base fare would not be too bad. Obviously, it would hurt some, but better that and an improved system than no increase and a system that falls apart to re-create what happened in the '70s. |
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Sorry for the double post |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:31:11 2014, in response to FIXED!! MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:30:30 2014. Sorry for the double post. |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:32:20 2014, in response to FIXED!! MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:25:55 2014. And of course, in the New York Daily News article that Heypaul linked to, there are those who are cynical and claim that it will be cheaper to own a car.Some people simply have no idea of how this works! |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 1500% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Oct 22 01:34:30 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 01:32:20 2014. Thanks for heckling. Would you have done this to George Carlin too? |
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Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 15% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Oct 22 02:21:03 2014, in response to Re: MTA Will Have to Raise Fares 1500% If It Borrows $15 Billion to Fill Platform Gaps, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Oct 22 01:34:30 2014. Sorry, just trying to be accurate, even if it is Heypaul and his humor. |
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