Posted on 09/14/2010 10:22:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Last night the MTA said a fare hike by January is a near certainty. This will be the third fare hike since 2008, raising the monthly unlimited pass from $89 to $104.
Meanwhile, the MTA continues to pass major service cuts.
But what's really appalling here is how much transit workers get paid.
We're republishing data from SeeThroughNY showing that 8,074 MTA employees earned $100,000 last year. Fifty MTA employees earned more than $200,000 last year. And salaries are rising.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Also the taxes - income, sales and real estate - going thru the roof under the Dems.
There’s that and there’s also tons of foreign/tourist dollars pouring into the city which creates a surplus of dollars that translates into higher prices just as it does in Disney land for example. I have to wonder if what organized crime doesn’t have a hand in it too by taking a cut of everything.
Housing in NYC should be real cheap - since they have rent control.....
Even Rush Limbaugh pulled out of NY State rather than be hit for more taxes.
I remember the pennies being inside the cellophane wrapping on the package.
You’re probably right, being older and all that :)
I’m glad I don’t live there. You have my sympathies.
With what it costs to live in New York City, $100K is actually a fairly pedestrian salary. A lot of people who have blue-collar jobs make at or near that in the city.
What is shocking is that we have union transit drivers making around this amount in places like Pittsburgh where the cost of living is less than half. Playing fast and loose with the overtime rules and such.
I know you are not making it up.
I once had the job of inserting three pennies, with the aid of a machine, under the cellophane of a pack of cigarettes. The reason this was necessary is the cost of a pack of cigarettes went from twenty cents to twenty-two cents and the cigarette vending machines could only accept quarters. This job didn't last long because the cost per pack quickly went to a quarter.
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