Comments on: MTA Chief Lee Sander Talks Congestion Pricing in Queens http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-37877 Dave Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:49:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/#comment-37877 I am glad this site sees the Queens politicians for the saps they are. CP is NOT a tax it is a usage fee that charges one for the privilege of driving into Manhattan where many many low-cost options exist to enter Manhattan without a car. A tax is a charge applied to income or a necessary purchase....no one needs to drive into Manhattan. Hear that David Weprin...friend of the parking garage syndicate and enemy to the city of New York, He is willing to oppose CP for the beneift of a minite majority of his consituents at the cost to the greater good of the city. How do we outside his district get him unelected? How about forcing a review of his finances...that seems to do the trick for any politician. Frankly I am sick and tired of the support given for the down-trodden in this city and the numerous handouts givien to them. If you can't afford the $8 CP fee take public transit or do something to make more money. This is American where Capitalsim rules. I am glad this site sees the Queens politicians for the saps they are. CP is NOT a tax it is a usage fee that charges one for the privilege of driving into Manhattan where many many low-cost options exist to enter Manhattan without a car.
A tax is a charge applied to income or a necessary purchase....no one needs to drive into Manhattan. Hear that David Weprin...friend of the parking garage syndicate and enemy to the city of New York, He is willing to oppose CP for the beneift of a minite majority of his consituents at the cost to the greater good of the city. How do we outside his district get him unelected? How about forcing a review of his finances...that seems to do the trick for any politician.
Frankly I am sick and tired of the support given for the down-trodden in this city and the numerous handouts givien to them. If you can't afford the $8 CP fee take public transit or do something to make more money.
This is American where Capitalsim rules.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-37837 Larry Littlefield Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:39:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/#comment-37837 I'm worried about sales taxes on yachts. They are highly regressive. On the purchase of a $50,000 yacht, an 8.25% sales tax would cost $4,125. That tax is, obviously, 10% of the income of someone earning $41,250 per year, but an out-of-touch billionarie like Bloomberg would hardly notice it. Worse, if a struggling, middle-class household buys a $100K yacht, the hit would be twice as great! I'm worried about sales taxes on yachts. They are highly regressive.

On the purchase of a $50,000 yacht, an 8.25% sales tax would cost $4,125.

That tax is, obviously, 10% of the income of someone earning $41,250 per year, but an out-of-touch billionarie like Bloomberg would hardly notice it.

Worse, if a struggling, middle-class household buys a $100K yacht, the hit would be twice as great!

]]> By: Not a Car Fan http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-37833 Not a Car Fan Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/#comment-37833 Amen! If you can afford insurance, parking/speeding tickets, maintenance, gas, etc., then you CAN afford the $8 fee. 'nuff said Amen!

If you can afford insurance, parking/speeding tickets, maintenance, gas, etc., then you CAN afford the $8 fee.

'nuff said

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-37823 Charles Siegel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/02/mta-chief-lee-sander-talks-congestion-pricing-in-queens/#comment-37823 During the depression, Will Rogers said that America is the only place where people drive to the poor house. Now that we have entered the age of global warming, we should update that to say: America is the place where people claim that reducing driving is elitist. Haven't these Queens residents heard that 80% of the people in the world don't have cars at all? Have they heard that the shift to biofuels has already raised the price of corn enough to hard for people in Mexico to afford food? Have they heard that the emissions from their cars are already causing drought and starvation in east Africa? From a global perspective, anyone who has a car is part of a privileged elite. Anyone who works politically to keep driving as much as he always has is the worst sort of elitist - willing to sacrifice the necessities of the poor to maintain the luxuries of the middle class. During the depression, Will Rogers said that America is the only place where people drive to the poor house.

Now that we have entered the age of global warming, we should update that to say: America is the place where people claim that reducing driving is elitist.

Haven't these Queens residents heard that 80% of the people in the world don't have cars at all? Have they heard that the shift to biofuels has already raised the price of corn enough to hard for people in Mexico to afford food? Have they heard that the emissions from their cars are already causing drought and starvation in east Africa?

From a global perspective, anyone who has a car is part of a privileged elite. Anyone who works politically to keep driving as much as he always has is the worst sort of elitist - willing to sacrifice the necessities of the poor to maintain the luxuries of the middle class.

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