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If this article was about something in particular, it escapes me.

The guy pays $636 a moth for a house with a hole in the ceiling, and a mouse (or rat) once came out of that hole. Seems cheap for New York, even with a hole and a mouse. They should get a cat.

He makes $80 a day doing construction work. That'd have to be both non union and unskilled. At 48 years old he should have learned a skill by now (not to mention English). Those skills could help him figure out a way to get to work too.

The union boss is an evil landlord. Go figure, a rich union boss holds investment property. Now he's got something I tell ya, there oughta be a law.

The rich union boss wants to continue to get a piece of the action from the transit union workers (presumably, to hand over to Democrats running for political office). No news there, it is their reason to be.

But only from persons "of color"? Don't know what to say to that, except I think the idea is preposterous. The Breslin dude neglects to mention any fact or detail (like how it is President Bush's fault, for example) to make that assertion even one tiny bit believable. And that casts doubt on the rest of it in my mind.

So does this Breslin dude just make stuff up, I mean, is that his usual schtick? Is the rest of NY Newsday as complete a waste of trees and ink as this was? Why are we bothering to spend bandwidth discussing it?

(Too many questions, too little time)

But only from persons "of color"? Don't know what to say to that, except I think the idea is preposterous.

Preposterous? You are much too charitable. Breslin is a race-mongering blowhard. He has been getting away with it for too damn long and it's time someone gave him a good, hard slap.

Regarding the 6%:

"Under a transit authority proposal, new employees would contribute 6 percent of their salaries to their pension funds, instead of the current 2 percent. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority withdrew a proposal to increase the retirement age from 55 to 62."

If they want to retire when they are 55, someone has to pay for it.