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| DATE | 2010-12-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Mayor Turns a blind Eye to Brooklyn
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:48:17PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> 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
Then why does all the executives in NYC companies live out in the
Island?
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