by FRN9
djlong wrote:Not only do those who live in NJ and wik in NYC pay taxes to NY and NYC, here's another thing to consider...If it weren't for the pedantic purists, we wouldn't have any entertainment. And those who are small minded can't help it. They probably never had exposure to bigger thinking when they were younger. We can feel good about ourselves for tolerating them.
THEY DO NOT VOTE IN NY.
In essence, New York gets "free money" from people to whom they do NOT have to answer as there is NO representative from NJ on any NY city council or in Albany.
So the next time you think that 'benefitting' NJ commuters are for some "lazy dope", just remember - YOU are benefitting from HIS tax dollars without so much WHISPER on how to spend it. HE is subsidizing YOU and helping pay for YOUR fire, YOUR police, YOUR schools - but he leaves the city at quitting time.
That's the kind of parochial thinking that prevents things from getting done - an inability to see past one's own borders for the greater good. (Says the guy who lives in NH and works in MA so I see this every day)