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annieg
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Re: Commuter Tax
Message edited 12/2/2005 8:13:43 PM.
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KarenK122
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by MrsJ
Posted by DebG
I'm confused...Does NYC own the LIRR? Why does paying the LIRRcompare to the new tax?
I get that people are upset that they are already paying, but you are paying for the ride into the city. If hte city is responsible for paying for the statiosn that the train uses...then I don't see the big deal.
My point was that it is part of the MTA and they are a city agency - an agency who lied, cooked the books and ripped off it's customers in order to get millions of $$ in surplus cash, all at our expense. Now the city wants to hit us again. And we arent going to see dime one of that $$$ the essentially stole from us.
The LIRR is actually run by the state not the city.
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| Posted 11/15/05 2:30 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by KarenK122
Posted by MrsJ
Posted by DebG
I'm confused...Does NYC own the LIRR? Why does paying the LIRRcompare to the new tax?
I get that people are upset that they are already paying, but you are paying for the ride into the city. If hte city is responsible for paying for the statiosn that the train uses...then I don't see the big deal.
My point was that it is part of the MTA and they are a city agency - an agency who lied, cooked the books and ripped off it's customers in order to get millions of $$ in surplus cash, all at our expense. Now the city wants to hit us again. And we arent going to see dime one of that $$$ the essentially stole from us.
The LIRR is actually run by the state not the city.
OK I am not disagreeing about who runs the LIRR or the MTA. I was using it as an example to show that commuters already pay a sh*t load of $$$ to commute.
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| Posted 11/15/05 2:42 PM |
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Janice
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Re: Commuter Tax
how much does LIRR cost?
I pay 41 a week for the unlimited card.
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| Posted 11/15/05 2:44 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by Janice
how much does LIRR cost?
I pay 41 a week for the unlimited card.
I pay
$375/month for LIRR - $4500/yr
and $100/mo for subway - 1200 yr
Total of $5700/year
Janice, according to what you pay for bus, you pay about $2132/year
Message edited 11/15/2005 2:50:08 PM.
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: Commuter Tax
thanks!
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DjPiLL
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by MrsJ
Posted by Janice
how much does LIRR cost?
I pay 41 a week for the unlimited card.
I pay
$375/month for LIRR - $4500/yr
and $100/mo for subway - 1200 yr
Total of $5700/year
Janice, according to what you pay for bus, you pay about $2132/year
$375 a month for LIRR? Where do you live? Greenport?
Damm thats a long commute.
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| Posted 11/15/05 2:52 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by MrsJ
Posted by Janice
how much does LIRR cost?
I pay 41 a week for the unlimited card.
I pay
$375/month for LIRR - $4500/yr
and $100/mo for subway - 1200 yr
Total of $5700/year
Janice, according to what you pay for bus, you pay about $2132/year
$375 a month for LIRR? Where do you live? Greenport?
Damm thats a long commute.
It's a reallllllllllllllllllly long commute.
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patti08
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by patti08
I don't care if it's a penny per paycheck, no one is taking any of my hard earned money if I don't have a say as to how much and where is goes.
You DO HAVE SAY. Its called... "work in the county you live in".
Theres no way I can make the money I make in NYC on LI.
The company I work for is in NYC and not Suffolk. So many professional positions are higher paid in NYC than on LI.
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| Posted 11/15/05 6:58 PM |
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patti08
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Re: Commuter Tax
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by patti08
If you cross a state line to work you get 100% of that state's taxes back. Why should Suburban commuters be the ones to fix an NYC deficit?
Tell you what... since you feel this way.... if you ever pass out in the middle of 5th avenue in Manhattan... we will hold off on FDNY EMT's giving you medical attention.
We will simply wait for a Suffolk County Hospital EMT to come into Manhattan to render service since those are the salaries you are paying taxes on.
And if that's the case then no tourists or diplomats should receive any medical attention either.
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Kate07
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Re: Commuter Tax
Boy have I opened a can of worms! I'm glad that there are others that are passionate about this besides me.
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