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clementine613

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2. The real reason is...

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Sun May 5, 2019, 06:26 PM

May 2019

... that we have an idiot in the White House who does not care one whit about the people in his home state. Under his administration, he has provided exactly $0 in aid to the MTA. If he cared in the slightest, he could provide enough funding to fix the problems.

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Want To Know The Reason NY TRansit Systems Don't Get Fixed? [View all] Me. May 2019 OP

Visibility Me. May 2019 #1

The real reason is... clementine613 May 2019 #2

That Is Part Of It Me. May 2019 #6

No. This is all in Trump's fault clementine613 May 2019 #8

Exactly! The people of New York would be much better off hughee99 May 2019 #40

When an organization's budget is billions of dollars, these kinds of articles tend to be hit pieces WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #3

Actually Me. May 2019 #5

How would the unions "use" this article? WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #9

Will Disagree Me. May 2019 #10

Spell it out for me, then. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #11

Thes Salaries Are Not The Average...They Are Management Me. May 2019 #12

They are not management. They are covered by the collective bargaining agreement, except for WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #13

Nonsense Me. May 2019 #14

Some do, through overtime and seniority and punitive contracts. Contracts the LIRR keeps agreeing WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #15

Apparently You And I Are Not Going To Agree On This Me. May 2019 #16

There's nothing to agree or disagree on. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #20

Like I Said...I Don't Agree With You Me. May 2019 #24

Why don't you think rank-and-filers can make good money? WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #26

THey Do Me. May 2019 #27

I can tell you as wife of retired train operator marlakay May 2019 #17

As a legacy system, LIRR is going to have a much different contract than BART. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #22

Have no knowledge of that marlakay May 2019 #23

Precisely Me. May 2019 #25

Not one friggin woman on the list. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #4

I Noticed THat Too Me. May 2019 #7

I would guess that there are very few female madville May 2019 #18

I have worked in retail management for 20+ years Mosby May 2019 #19

Every city has an article like this done every year or so madville May 2019 #21

THe Point Is Me. May 2019 #28

NY is an expensive place madville May 2019 #29

Overtime Is Of Course Part Of A Contact Me. May 2019 #30

"2 1/2 is more elusive" WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #31

Boy You Really Don't Know How It Works Me. May 2019 #32

You keep telling me I'm wrong, and then insisting these are somehow base salaries, WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #34

I Never Insisted Those Huge PayDays Are Base Salaries Me. May 2019 #35

Oh, you called them salaries in the OP. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #36

I Called Them Salaries For The Few Me. May 2019 #37

But...they aren't salaries. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #38

Former contract administrator here Rambling Man May 2019 #33

Hmm, I wonder how the logistics work out on this... hughee99 May 2019 #39