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Originally Posted by njbchbum
richie - it's a good thing he has you in his corner - it's just too bad you can't vote for him - he lost a considerable number of followers when he signed the ny gay marriage bill and when he did'nt come flat out against the proposed port authority increases! of course, he might have gained from the gay, lesbian and transgendered community but he has lost the commuters and travelers. he and gov christie have stated that they had no idea of the proposal and that they will review the issue...but nobody believes that they did not know about increasing the gwb toll from $8 to $12 and then to $15 for cash payers and the path fare by a $1 a ride or $30 a month!. local news channels are doing man on the street interviews EVERY single day like there was no other news! most seem to think they are trying to put the toll takers out on unemployment with a conversion to the automated ez-pass system - and they don't seem to think too much of either gov for wanting to put their own residents out of work in this economy!
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It's too bad about losing votes over the gay and lesbian issue. But if Cuomo's popularity is sinking because of the Port Authority issue it just goes to show how the public is likely to react to a the obvious result of having the government pay less of the cost of public services.
The reaction of the public is likely to be the same--
regardless of what they're saying now-- when their public benefit program is cut. Even those who now are calling for reduced government involvement in their lives will wail and moan with outrage when their dole is cut, when programs they depend on are eliminated, or in this case when they're told they have to pay the bill and not expect government support.
But Richie is right if part of the plan by State of New York is to incent certain behavior by the public. If by making use of the highways, bridges and tunnels by private individuals and vehicles more expensive it incents people to use more economical mass transit--that would be a good thing and a proper function of government "getting involved" in people's lives.