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| DATE | 2010-12-28 |
| FROM | From: "Ron Guerin"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Mayor Turns a blind Eye to Brooklyn
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Mark Halegua wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 December 2010 03:05:46 pm Ron Guerin wrote:
>
>> phantom21-at-mindspring.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've always thought Staten Island should secede from NYC/NS and become a
>>> part of NJ.
>>>
>>> Then, NYC and Long Island secede from NYS and become a state unto itself.
>>>
>> Long Island wants nothing to do with NYC. Children are raised here in
>> Republican country to believe NYC is a den of evil and liberals ("den of
>> evil" and "liberals" being understood as being redundant).
>>
>> - Ron
>>
>>
> Long Island needs NYC to balance out the vile republican brainwashing.
>
> It's also where most of those Long Islanders work. They'd rather have the
> taxes the New York City/Long Island would have rather than the taxes they'd
> have to pay crossing state lines. A New York City state would make those Long
> Island staters pay, big time! :)
>
By all the official accounts, it's been at least 25-30 years since any
significant percentage of Long Islanders worked in the city. I suspect
this plays some part in the prevailing attitude out here. I recall a
significant amount of bitter resentment about the "MTA Tax" on the phone
bills when I was growing up. And the MTA does more than its share with
the LIRR toward making people out here quit their jobs in Manhattan and
work locally. I suppose that's a good thing overall though.
- Ron
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