CALL THE BABY BY ITS REAL NAME
TAX TAX TAX
WIT THE NEW TAX PLAN IT IS A TAX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT NOT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
1) THE TAX FROM LOCAL RESIDENT FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO PARK IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOSE
2) THE TAX FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO PAY A PLUS TAX FOR DOING BUSINESS
3) TICKETING EVERYBODY WHO WILL PARK VS THE LAW( EVERY CAR WHO IS REGISTERED' IN NYC HAVE PAID A MINIMUM OF 100 DOLLARS IN PARKING TICKETS EVERY YEAR)
4) THE FEDERAL BIG MONEY FOR THE CITY -"NOT ANY PAY BACK FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENT WHO WILL SUFFER FROM THE PARK AND RIDE AND ALL OUTER NEW REGULATIONS (CALL IT TAX SCAMS)
5) ALL NEW GARAGE SYSTEMS BUSINESS WHO WILL COME UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WIILIAMSBURG TO PROVIDE THE PARK IN RIDE FOR OUTSIDERS AND THAT TAX WILL NOT GO TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS
TAX TAX TAX
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT NOT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND EVERY BROOKLYN POLITICIAN WHO WILL SUPPORT A NEW TAX WILL PAY THE FULL
PRICE OF IT

Yes, congestion pricing is a tax. The tax on cigarettes is a tax as well. As is the tax on liquor. We tax things in order to make money for the government, but also to discourage behaviors that slow the progress of society. Society and economy in NYC could progress if so many of us were not stuck in traffic. The main goal of congestion pricing is to reduce congestion, so that deliveries can be made, people can get to work (in buses and carpools), and fire trucks can get to fires. I watch pedestrians walking faster than ambulances with screaming sirens every day in midtown!

Confidential to 'brooklyn and i': Typing in all caps is the equivalent of yelling, and makes words from even a marginally sane person seem like the ranting of a maniac. Perhaps if we taxed coffee as well you could calm down enough to use lower-case letters occasionally.

What about people who live in Manhattan and work in the suburbs. They need their cars where they work and will now be taxed for going home!!!!

Hey, nobody said transforming New York into a 21st century is gonna be easy. When I hear opponents of congestion pricing propose a sound way to significantly reduce pollution, provide additional funding to mass transit, and remove cars from city streets, then they might have a point.

It's not my fault you decided to make a car a necessary part of your life. It's only fair that you should pay for the environmental impact of your actions.

I'm an opponent of congestion pricing and I do have a better idea for reducing congestion and pollution and providing additional revenue for mass transit. Taxis constitute about 33% of the traffic in downtown Manhattan and most of these rides could easily be replaced by a bus or subway ride, unlike a good portion of the traffic coming from the outer boroughs. Tack on an $8 fee to short taxi rides downtown and you will reduce congestion and pollution by a larger percentage than congestion pricing proponents could hope for and you will get revenue to improve mass transit from any rich people who aren't deterred by that fee, rather than from low and middle income people who might have no choice other than to drive in.

"It's not my fault you decided to make a car a necessary part of your life. It's only fair that you should pay for the environmental impact of your actions."

See, Danny, that's the type of self-righteous BS we keep getting from Bloomie. If someone has a need for a car in Manhattan, be it for a disability or the fact that it would be less expensive to drive from a suburb into the city than to take a train on top of a bus, a taxi or the subway, why should anyone punish those who can least afford it? The arrogance of proponents who place the blame on the low and middle-class instead of finding workable solutions is what killed CP. You and Bloomie would have made a great pair: insulting everyone and hoping there's still enough love for you to get whatever you want is never good politics, and so good riddance to bad garbage like the Bloomie Congestion Plan.