Reply #93: Let's get the violins out

[yankeedem]

"Working mothers and fathers in my neighborhood (in NJ)are without childcare because their sitters can't make it in from Brooklyn (a lot of them commute because the wages are higher in here)."

MTA workers can't afford to have full-time babysitters, like you poor aggrieved people in Hoboken (one of the wealthiest communities in NJ). As far as the elderly and disabled, I feel very bad for them. They should call George Pataki if they have a problem.

These people work in filth and stress to take you and your neighbors to work everyday. I think they should get an increase that matches the increase in the cost of living. Or at least more than they are being offered now.

If your husband doesn't like his raise, than maybe he needs to get union representation.