Posted on 03/20/2020 9:09:59 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is the latest regional agency to ask federal officials for a bail out, citing coronavirus related travel losses at all its facilities. The request for $1.9 billion was made in a letter to members of the New Jersey and New York congressional delegation Friday, citing a drop in traffic volume or ridership at all of its facilities as the reason. The coronavirus related fall off comes after the authority reported record volumes of traffic the its six bridges and tunnels, four airports, PATH rail system and cargo ports in 2019.
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So I pay if I use the bridge.
Pay if I don’t use the bridge.
Bailout to fix it cause its falling down from overuse and neglect.
Bailout to cover expenses cause nobody is using it.
Is that about it?
1.9 billion? For what, a dream list of every damned thing the port authority ever could want?
Give em $1.90
NYS is $6.1 bil in the hole.
Send Albany any money, and I guarantee it won’t get where it’s supposed to.
Just a gentle hint to the other 49.
Made me laugh! Makes me think of Dr Pol’s techs pulling porcupine quills from dog faces!
We have a few strawberries in the fridge - should keep hubby busy for a bit!
“... Let them soak in the misery...”
Unfortunately, WE’RE the ones who have to soak in the misery.
Theses Governors have catered food services, brought to them.
They have armed guards.
They won’t experience ANY disruption of their normal lives.
They are not confined to shelter-in-place, etc.,
And they’re still in office, paying zero price for this, and we’re paying their FULL salaries while we have to deal with reduced incomes and worry about keep the lights on and the mortgage paid.
All things considered, I’d say We The People are the ones getting the middle finger by these assh*les and their political schemes and plots.
Just keep a long memory, remind people WHO is in charge in these states and who is doing this to us, every day, at every opportunity.
When my kids were young and we came to the gate to pay the toll, I’d tell them it was a “troll” booth.
There were lots of criminals and hoodlums in the big cities I said. To keep them from robbing citizens on the streets, they hired them to run Troll Booths and take money from citizens in a safer way. If you are familiar with the kids story of “Three Billy Goats Gruff” like our children were, it makes perfect sense.
Tolls on roads and bridges should only be used to repay the cost of the bridge and repairs to it. More than this is simply a tax on citizens and commerce. Let the Port Authority prove how they use every penny. Is the US going to attempt to reimburse every city and state governmental unit for loss of tax money? Hell No!!
lol made me laugh too- Have fun- :)
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