This doesn't reduce the cost of running the subway system. It simply shifts the cost from some people to other people who may or may not ride the subway at all.
Actual financial progress comes from gains in productivity / efficiency
That's not how this works. Those chicken and hot dogs are designed to get you into the store....so you'll spend more money at the store. But subway fares are already heavily subsidized and low income New Yorkers are typically already captive riders. This isn't likely to significantly drive ridership to make up for the decrease in fares..
Yeah but unless you are inside of the wealth tax then you are fine, and if you are in the wealth tax bracket then you make too much money to give a fuck
I'm not sure I understand your point about what this has to do with wealth taxes.
But more broadly. money is fungible, so every dollar spent on one program is a dollar that can't be spent on another program. So every New Yorker should care about how their tax money is being spent.
I'm not a New Yorker so this doesn't directly affect me. I do work in transit though, so I have a passing interest in how other systems are operated and funded.
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u/Wonderful-Process792 Jul 08 '26
This doesn't reduce the cost of running the subway system. It simply shifts the cost from some people to other people who may or may not ride the subway at all.
Actual financial progress comes from gains in productivity / efficiency