Anonymous
05/12/2025 16:41
Subject: Trump dictator-ing NYC congestion pricing
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Look you can agree or disagree with him (personally disagree as most people commute via plentiful train services from the burbs; I grew up in a NYC suburb). However, from a GOP perspective, shouldn't tolls be left as a state issue without federal tampering? This just looks like petty overreach.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyregion/trump-congestion-pricing-nyc.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250219&instance_id=147935&nl=from-the-times®i_id=64963071&segment_id=191410&user_id=90d3e0bd760b3d1fe08b44f9adde894c
The Fed raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 via federal funding for highways. No money for roads if you don’t change your laws. It’s been done before.
That was done by congress, not the executive acting without any legal authority.
Anonymous
Anonymous
05/12/2025 16:07
Subject: Trump dictator-ing NYC congestion pricing
Anonymous wrote:Look you can agree or disagree with him (personally disagree as most people commute via plentiful train services from the burbs; I grew up in a NYC suburb). However, from a GOP perspective, shouldn't tolls be left as a state issue without federal tampering? This just looks like petty overreach.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyregion/trump-congestion-pricing-nyc.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250219&instance_id=147935&nl=from-the-times®i_id=64963071&segment_id=191410&user_id=90d3e0bd760b3d1fe08b44f9adde894c
The Fed raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 via federal funding for highways. No money for roads if you don’t change your laws. It’s been done before.
Anonymous
05/12/2025 15:38
Subject: Trump dictator-ing NYC congestion pricing
Anonymous wrote:i am a 'victim' of the tolls bc we live in the zone and i hate the congestion charge but he can f right off.
I hope he issues an EO to quadruple yours. But ONLY yours.
Anonymous
05/12/2025 15:34
Subject: Trump dictator-ing NYC congestion pricing
Anonymous wrote:Nothing is too insignificant for a micromanager in chief. The only crumb he left in the house was too small for mouse.
I had to chime to appreciate your post. This is a great reference to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and a great use of the reference. A+!