On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service?
And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service
and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses?
How gullible can NYC residents be?
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating
the two.
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens
and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >yelling, "That's Communism!"
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating
the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens
and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many
respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and
yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require
the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-
be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-
it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected
mayor promised free bus service and immediately
reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe
his promise of free bus service?
Because it already exists, dumbass. He didn't say he would
create free bus service, idiot, he ran on expanding the the
free service that already existed since Governor Hochul
approved the program in 2023 - 2 1/2 years ago, more than a
year before Mamdani decided to run for mayor.
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces- fare-free-bus-routes-included-mta-pilot
And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for
Federal aid for free bus service
Point to a link that shows he did that. Newsflash, dumbass,
The state of new york applies for federal aid for public
transportation every year. There have been no special
requests to the federal government specifically for
expanding free bus lines, and Mamdani didn't beg for anything.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5618271-trump-mamdani- meet-affordability/
and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that
they couldn't give free buses?
Again, dumbass, got a link to that? Of course your don't -
because it never happened.
How gullible can NYC residents be?
not nearly as gullible as an ignorant 80-something failure
living in his mothers house in California who thinks he has
even the vaguest clue of what's going on in New York.
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>>> the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens
and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many
respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and
yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require
the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>>>> the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens >>>> and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >>>> respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >>>> yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require
the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street? Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and get my
unemployment check"
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the >>>>>>>>>> Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>>>>> the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens >>>>> and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >>>>> respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >>>>> yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require >>>> the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street? Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and get my
unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:10:14 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the >>>>>>>>>>> Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not >>>>>>>>>>> have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But >>>>>>>>> the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll >>>>>>>>> + benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>>>>>> the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens >>>>>> and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >>>>>> respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >>>>>> yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require >>>>> the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street? Provide a postal >>>system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and get my >>>unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
Well, of course, those all those government controls like
unemployment, payments to unwed mothers, education loan, and all those
other freebies.
And of course, the nearly 64 billion dollars that
Florida gets from the federal government.
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>>
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the >>>>>>>>>> Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating >>>>>> the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens >>>>> and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >>>>> respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >>>>> yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require >>>> the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street? Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and get my
unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:33:20 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:10:14 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be-breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it-slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the >>>>>>>>>>>> Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not >>>>>>>>>>>> have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But >>>>>>>>>> the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll >>>>>>>>>> + benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a Socialist, >>>>>>>>> if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop conflating
the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment for their citizens >>>>>>> and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism in many >>>>>>> respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and down and >>>>>>> yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both require >>>>>> the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street? Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and get my
unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
Well, of course, those all those government controls like
unemployment, payments to unwed mothers, education loan, and all those
other freebies.
There no such thing as freebies. One of the "controls" has to do with
how the governments gets the money to provide what you call
"freebies."
And of course, the nearly 64 billion dollars that
Florida gets from the federal government.
Florida taxpayers pay more in federal taxes then Florida gets back
from the feds
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/federal-funding-by-state-chart.html
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On 12/27/2025 8:02 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:33:20 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:10:14 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-appears-to-be- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> breaking-its-own-slippery-sidewalk-rules-even-as-it- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slams-nyers-with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely elected >>>>>>>>>>>>>> mayor promised free bus service and immediately reneged on >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that promise after being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York through the >>>>>>>>>>>>> Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its various >>>>>>>>>>>>> subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of NYC does not >>>>>>>>>>>>> have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone believe his >>>>>>>>>>>> promise of free bus service? And then why did he immediately >>>>>>>>>>>> go to Trump begging for Federal aid for free bus service and >>>>>>>>>>>> then proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that they >>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't give free buses? How gullible can NYC residents be? >>>>>>>>>>>
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a nice idea. But >>>>>>>>>>> the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses are payroll >>>>>>>>>>> + benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service service a >>>>>>>>>> Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not communist. Stop >>>>>>>>> conflating
the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a country that >>>>>>>> provides totally free medical service and treatment for their >>>>>>>> citizens
and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar to socialism >>>>>>>> in many
respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone jumping and >>>>>>>> down and
yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist systems and both
require
the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a government does >>>>> for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street?-a Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and-a get my
unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
Well, of course, those all those government controls like
unemployment, payments to unwed mothers, education loan, and all those
other-a freebies.
There no such thing as freebies. One of the "controls" has to do with
how the governments gets the money to provide what you call
"freebies."
And of course, the nearly 64 billion dollars that
Florida gets from the federal government.
Florida taxpayers pay more in federal taxes then Florida gets back
from the feds
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/federal-funding-by-state-
chart.html
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Certainly no US State is entirely a free market republic, but among
States, Florida is well administered.
For an example oft cited:
https://paradigmsanddemographics.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-yorkflorida- comparison-contrast.html
"So how could Florida, a state with almost 20% more people than New
York, have a state budget thatrCOs less than half the size?-a Doing a
little arithmetic, the Florida state government spends $4,828 per
person, while New YorkrCOs spends $12,602 per person, more than two and a half times as much."
On 12/27/2025 10:21 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/27/2025 8:02 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:33:20 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:10:14 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:14:17 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:07:40 -0600, AMuzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/26/2025 7:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:31:34 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:16:15 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 8:07 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:33:26 -0600, AMuzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 12/24/2025 3:06 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon Dec 22 12:27:55 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
On 12/22/2025 12:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Fri Dec 19 19:48:58 2025 AMuzi-a wrote:
Photo #5 is the action shot
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/nyc-
appears-to-be- breaking-its-own-slippery-
sidewalk-rules-even-as-it- slams-nyers-
with-5k-summonses/
New York, isn't that the eown where the nrely
elected mayor promised free bus service and
immediately reneged on that promise after
being elected?
The MTA system is run by the State of New York
through the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its
various
subsidiary transit commissions. The Mayor of
NYC does not
have purview over operations.
https://www.mta.info/document/168291
I understand that Andrew, so how could anyone
believe his promise of free bus service? And
then why did he immediately go to Trump begging
for Federal aid for free bus service and then
proclaim that it was all Trump's fault that
they couldn't give free buses? How gullible can
NYC residents be?
Federal monies for capital equipment may be a
nice idea. But
the elephant in the room is that 61% of expenses
are payroll
+ benefits.
See chart II-1
https://www.mta.info/document/133491%20
But isn't providing things like free bus service
service a Socialist,
if not a Communist, sort of act? (:-)
Yes, it's a socialist program, not, it's not
communist. Stop conflating
the two.
I'm not confusing anything. After all I live in a
country that
provides totally free medical service and treatment
for their citizens
and is certainly not Communist.
However, as communism is a system that is similar
to socialism in many
respects I sort of threw that in to avoid someone
jumping and down and
yelling, "That's Communism!"
Socialism and Communism are both collectivist
systems and both require
the government to enforce compliance.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
And the noted expert, Karl Marx, used the terms
interchangeably in his nearly unreadable tomes except
where
he wrote that socialism is the intermediate step to
communism.
But what is socialism? Is it simply something that a
government does
for its citizens? Plows the snow off the street?
Provide a postal
system? Free bus system? Or does it reach further and
make rules,
"we'll plow your street but not if you have a
beard" (;-) Or is it
simply someone's definition? "No Sir, we non want non
them social
things here, but I can't stop to talk, I gotta go and
get my
unemployment check"
It's all about government control. The more the
government controls
the people, the more it is socialism.
Well, of course, those all those government controls like
unemployment, payments to unwed mothers, education loan,
and all those
other-a freebies.
There no such thing as freebies. One of the "controls"
has to do with
how the governments gets the money to provide what you call
"freebies."
And of course, the nearly 64 billion dollars that
Florida gets from the federal government.
Florida taxpayers pay more in federal taxes then Florida
gets back
from the feds
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/federal-funding-
by-state- chart.html
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Certainly no US State is entirely a free market republic,
but among States, Florida is well administered.
For an example oft cited:
https://paradigmsanddemographics.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-
yorkflorida- comparison-contrast.html
"So how could Florida, a state with almost 20% more people
than New York, have a state budget thatrCOs less than half
the size?-a Doing a little arithmetic, the Florida state
government spends $4,828 per person, while New YorkrCOs
spends $12,602 per person, more than two and a half times
as much."
And they do it while only getting back 60 cents on the
dollar from the feds.
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