Congestion Pricing Debate: Brodsky on the 'Lock Box'
Last night in Brooklyn, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky debated congestion pricing with Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future.
Since polls have shown that New Yorkers are much more likely to support congestion pricing if the money is used to improve mass transit, supporters like O'Loughlin want to guarantee that money would be put into "lock box" dedicated to mass transit. (Councilman John Liu wrote about this yesterday in the Daily News).
In the clip above, Brodsky says that in politics, there’s no such thing as a lock box, and he brings up Eliot Spitzer's recent raiding of one as proof.
In the clip below, O'Loughlin responds by implying that if lawmakers in Albany can't keep money from being diverted away from a project they guaranteed to fund, they aren't doing a very good job.
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Congestion Pricing = Another Taxation on the Middle Class
Don't let these New York Pols fool you.
They want MORE of your money to spend on silly wastfeul projests.
Congestive pricing is just ANOTHER form of a Taxation!
These Tax & Spend Liberals just want to dip into the pockets of the Middle Class Commuters to grab another $2,000 per year!
The same group of Liberal Politicians who promised the tolls would be removed from the bridges once they have been paid off (Varazzano come to mind?)
No matter what "Spin" they tell you, these politicians are trying to Please their Upper Westside & Eastside Liberal pals and find money to spend at the same time!
Congestion Pricing = Another Taxation on the Middle Class
Jim Kelly - NY Conservative Campaigns
Unsurprisingly, O'Loughlin makes a great point.
Jim,
Your personal motoring is just another form of taxation.
New Yorkers pay for your motoring with air and noise pollution, a congested, immobilized regional road network, oil war and climate change.
Time for New York City motorists to pony up or take the bus.
Jim:
A bridge is never paid off as it requires on-going maintenance; tolls should be put back on the East and Harlem River bridges so that the motorists who use them pay for their upkeep.
You should also look at who drives into the city; they are the wealthier middle class who should either take mass transit or pay the usage fee to use Manhattan streets.
And you call yourself conservative; keep in mind the greatest tax on the middle class is purported by the Federal government. Eliminate the obscene tax cuts for the super wealthy and lower taxes for the middle class.
CALL THE BABY BY ITS REAL NAME
TAX TAX TAX
WIT THE NEW TAX PLAN IT IS A TAX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT NOT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
1) THE TAX FROM LOCAL RESIDENT FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO PARK IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOSE
2) THE TAX FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO PAY A PLUS TAX FOR DOING BUSINESS
3) TICKETING EVERYBODY WHO WILL PARK VS THE LAW( EVERY CAR WHO IS REGISTERED' IN NYC HAVE PAID A MINIMUM OF 100 DOLLARS IN PARKING TICKETS EVERY YEAR)
4) THE FEDERAL BIG MONEY FOR THE CITY -"NOT ANY PAY BACK FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENT WHO WILL SUFFER FROM THE PARK AND RIDE AND ALL OUTER NEW REGULATIONS (CALL IT TAX SCAMS)
5) ALL NEW GARAGE SYSTEMS BUSINESS WHO WILL COME UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WIILIAMSBURG TO PROVIDE THE PARK IN RIDE FOR OUTSIDERS AND THAT TAX WILL NOT GO TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS
TAX TAX TAX
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT NOT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND EVERY BROOKLYN POLITICIAN WHO WILL SUPPORT A NEW TAX WILL PAY THE FULL
PRICE OF IT !!!