Had enough of the fare increases?

 Posted by Nick at 1:06 pm  MTA
Aug 242010
 

The MTA announced it’s possible proposal for a monthly MetroCard to skyrocket to $130 for their wonderful service.  A weekly MetroCard could jump from $27 to $38, and the one way fare could perhaps go up as high as $2.50, on top of the recent fare hike. It’s time for New York City’s most famous rider and most outspoken supporter of the New York City subway system, billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to speak up for us. Or was it all a publicity stunt that he used the subway to get to work at city hall? 
A man that has $100 million to spend on an election, who meanwhile pays himself a $1 per year salary, otherwise has money to burn. So it is apparent that he does not need the fabulous MTA the way the rest of us working class dogs do. A Democrat until he ran for mayor in 2001, Bloomberg switched to the Republican party. He then left the Republican Party in June 2007 to become an independent and denied he intended to run in the 2008 presidential election, despite his spending millions again trying to determine the feasibility of such a run. So much for democracy in which a basic principle is voting. We New Yorkers voted for term limits, but Bloomberg had these over-turned with rumored back door deals.  In the fall of 2008, Bloomberg switched to the Communist party. This illegally allowed him to run for a third term against the will of the people. What would Karl Marx say? “Job well done,” perhaps? Okay, Czar Bloomberg, it’s time to represent the people of New York….all of us! Even the working class people of New York.

  • Robert Segarra

    I really do not know what it’s going to take to wake people up to the truth,
    but the fact of the matter is that “Mayor Bloomberg” is never going to support working class folks, especially when he cares only about his billionaire developer friends, many of whom have since paralyzed the city with their over-development, all as infrastructure suffered, and New York City residents grew poorer and poorer. And now to add insult to injury, his greatest fiasco, the MTA, whom he has always claimed to support, is further victimizing the hard working people of this city with threatened fare hikes, which come on the heels of another recent fare hike. When will it end? Not with Bloomberg, that’s for certain.

    One of the most basic rights we have as citizens of this country and as citizens of this city is the right to vote – a right that far too many of us never exercise. It is a right and an obligation that we vote in elections. People have died defending this right for us, and many people around the world do not, and probably never will have this privilege. During the last mayoral election, Bloomberg took this basic right away from each and every one of us by over-turning term limits. Along with Christine Quinn, a major Bloomberg ally and puppet, as well as with the rest of the city council, this mayor effectively stacked the deck in his favor and still he barely won his re-election bid, doing so only because voters stayed away from the polls in large numbers. It was shamefully reported that a mere 24% of those eligible to vote actually did so. And it may have been an embarrassing win for the mayor, but it was a win, nonetheless. If we ever wish to make true change, we need to vote, and we need to hold those who assisted the mayor in over-turning term limits accountable by making sure they never hold public office ever again. Wake up New York! Vote!

  • BXCheer!

    Fare Hikes??? That doesnt suprise me at all. The $$ has to come from somewhere..In the past few months Ive witnessed the trains running less frequently with more stalls and delays. Based on word of mouth anecdotes and from what you read in the media everyday it does appear the the state budget is tight and potentially fuggedy fu*&^%ked…..
    Here are some snippets of indicators ive recently discovered whilst surfing the cyberspace wave..The taxman cometh indeed!
    Oy! Now they are taxing bagel slices??Wtf????!!!
    http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/Bagels-With-a-Slice-of-Tax-101374809.html
    The epitome of Manhattan Mr Woody Allen even finds it too expensive to do films in his beloved town:
    http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2010/aug/24/woody-allen-says-new-york-too-expensive-shoot-film-ar-470430/
    and…..states across the good ol u.s.a find themselves cracking open the piggy bank, and combing the proverbial sofa looking for $$ to make ends meet….
    http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article21960.html
    The MTA gravy train has to keep on rolling though and fare hikes are a reality whether you like it or not……
    BXCheer—chiggidy check yo self!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/ Lisanne!

    There is a petition. Don’t know if it will do any good but it’s worth trying.

    http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2155&tag=fbmta810-130

  • Dan M

    Does anyone recall the opportunity the state of New York turned down from the Federal Government to help pay for improvements to the subway system and keep fairs at the rates it was two years ago? It was during the debate to charge vehicles a fee to enter Manhattan at certain entrances. Those so called elected officials in upstate New York decided a 3 month vacation was more important than voting or debating to accept the money. If you want to blame anyone, it’s your state elected officials! Those people are nothing but a bunch of scam artist. The campaign funds they receive are from major corporations and those 2% of New Yorkers who have the money to blow on private car services and cabs everyday. Our state officials do not care about the hard working average Joe’s.

  • Ken

    I moved out from NYC cause under Bloombucks the cost of living increased too much!

  • http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/stopthefarehike Bryan and the Working Families team

    Dear nick,

    In just 48 hours since the MTA threatened to raise fares to $130/month, we’ve already blown through our goal of 25,000 signers on the Working Families Party petition against fare hikes.

    This response is incredible. It’s clear New Yorkers won’t take this insanity sitting down. We’re going to make sure this petition goes to MTA officials, leaders of the New York State Legislature, and all the other politicians who have a say in how our transit system is funded — and let them know that NO fare hike is acceptable.

    Before we start delivering it, we want to give transit riders one more chance to sign. Please make sure you’ve signed and forward this link to fellow New Yorkers ASAP — and help us reach our even higher goal of 30,000 signers:

    http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/stopthefarehike

    (Want to spread the word with just two clicks? Share the petition on Facebook.)

    30,000 signers will be a very hard number for New York politicians and MTA leaders to ignore. With that kind of public resistance, we can push for real solutions to the MTA’s budget crisis: a long-term plan that asks drivers, businesses, and everyone else who benefits from our great public transit system to help fund it, instead of using riders as ATMs.

    But first we want to build this movement as strong as possible by making sure every single subway, bus and train rider has had a chance to sign. Please help us out by sharing this message with everyone in your life who has ever swiped a MetroCard:

    http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/stopthefarehike

    Click here to share the petition on Facebook.

    Thanks,

    Bryan and the Working Families team
    WFP@mail.democracyinaction.org

   
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