Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/15/todays-headlines-404/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:23:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: GG http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/15/todays-headlines-404/comment-page-1/#comment-50161 GG Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/15/todays-headlines-404/#comment-50161 The happy residents of Park Slope should be wary. When Sanitation brings street sweepers into Chinatown, they use a leaf blower to get the trash out from under (permit bearing) parked cars. The happy residents of Park Slope should be wary. When Sanitation brings street sweepers into Chinatown, they use a leaf blower to get the trash out from under (permit bearing) parked cars.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/15/todays-headlines-404/comment-page-1/#comment-50145 Larry Littlefield Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/15/todays-headlines-404/#comment-50145 "In his State of the MTA Address, Sander pointed out that China spends 9 percent of its gross domestic product on infrastructure, while India aims to boost its spending from 3.5 percent to 8 percent in the coming years. The United States spends less than 1 percent of its GDP on infrastructure." http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/transportation/20080506/16/2518 That debate is over, because the state legislature is passing bills to ensure even more money goes to the income and benefits of those who are paid to be retired more years than they are paid to work, paid for by younger people without health benefits who may never be able to retire at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/nyregion/15unions.html?ref=nyregion That retirement income is not taxed at the state and local level. So what does Mr. Fidler want to do? Raise taxes on wage income, which in NYC are already higher than anyplace else. I'll bet the retirees still have placards. "In his State of the MTA Address, Sander pointed out that China spends 9 percent of its gross domestic product on infrastructure, while India aims to boost its spending from 3.5 percent to 8 percent in the coming years. The United States spends less than 1 percent of its GDP on infrastructure."

http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/transportation/20080506/16/2518

That debate is over, because the state legislature is passing bills to ensure even more money goes to the income and benefits of those who are paid to be retired more years than they are paid to work, paid for by younger people without health benefits who may never be able to retire at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/nyregion/15unions.html?ref=nyregion

That retirement income is not taxed at the state and local level. So what does Mr. Fidler want to do? Raise taxes on wage income, which in NYC are already higher than anyplace else.

I'll bet the retirees still have placards.

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