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   Steven M. O'Neill to mrbrklyn@panix.com   
   Re: The MTA Monopoly - closing the looph   
   28 Aug 22 19:01:40   
   
   From: steveo@panix.com   
      
   Ruben Safir   wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >The MTA is demanding to close all the loopholes that allows someone to   
   >move in NYC without the MTA first getting paid.   
   >   
   >First, in response to the $2.75 cents everyone must pay if they use a   
   >cab instead of one of the MTAs siffy trains, they are responding to the   
   >congression pricing tax hike and MTA ripoff by telling Cab drivers that   
   >they will give them excellerated positions as Bus Drivers.   
   >   
   >You can't make this shit up and it would be funny if it wasn't real.   
   >   
   >The only people not paying the MTA to move in NYC now are the fare   
   >beaters which might well be now most of the Subway ridership.   
   >   
   More buses sounds good to me. They can carry more people using   
   less space than cars. Isn't that good for everyone?   
      
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   Steven O'Neill                                  steveo@panix.com   
   Brooklyn, NY                        http://www.panix.com/~steveo   
      
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