Anonymous #2 1w

He gave a 959 million dollar subsidy to a solar panel company owned by the Musk family and then they didn’t build shit, 10 people got indicted with bid-rigging charges in 2016, and it’s largely understood Elon just pocketed a lot of that money

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Anonymous OP 1w

The cost of free buses would be higher than that every year. The math doesn’t work out

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Anonymous #2 1w

yeah Im sure he has other ways of funding it idk I don’t work for his campaign

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Anonymous #2 1w

at least his math sounds better than cuomos math

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Anonymous OP 1w

He doesn’t. He also doesn’t even have the authority to make changes. The bus system is run by the state government.

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Anonymous #2 1w

he does. the ny bus system is ran by the metropolitan transportation authority, it’s a public authority that is government owned and separate from the state of ny. its governed by a board of directors appointed by the governor and mayor of nyc

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Anonymous #3 1w

The Mayor can appoint 4 members of the 17 person board. All the control and decision making power is in Albany.

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Anonymous #2 1w

estimated cost is 700 million actually

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Anonymous #4 1w

That estimate doesn’t account for increased ridership

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Anonymous kookies 1w

“Clueless but present” is such an eloquently concise way to phrase it.

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Anonymous #2 1w

That’s a good thing btw, it takes only 3 riders to make a bus ride cause less traffic, emissions, etc. than a car. And yes hopefully it can be faster since boarding is way faster- you can use the middle door to board, no lines to get into the bus. Just get in and go

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Anonymous #2 1w

People with more time and money than u have tried to poke holes in this budget plan and it’s quite solid actually

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Anonymous boariskarloff 1w

I understand all the arguments against the rent freeze.. it could theoretically discourage new apartment building, discourage landlords from maintaining stuff… but it is quite literally directly helping the like 2 million New Yorkers in stabilized apartment . So I think that’s an okay short term solution. Obviously cost will go up which is why it’s a “freeze” not a “rent cap”

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Anonymous #7 1w

Also skeptical of the grocery stores tbh - free Fast Buses = Good - adding more legislation for landlord = good - fast tracking permits for affordable housing = good - free child care = good

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Anonymous #7 1w

You’re assuming people who ride buses would have driven a car instead. Its far more likely that they would have walked.

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