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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-10 | Uncategorized | Debt Consolidation — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:29:22 +0000

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By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:24:44 +0000

Well, it was pretty low. In fact, even when the subway was inaugurated, the fare was lower than it is now after adjusting for inflation.

By: Skip Skipson

Skip Skipson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:56:17 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. 15 cents in ’64 wow.

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New York - One of the worlds Biggest Cities | Worlds Biggest Cities — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:55:11 +0000

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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:22:47 +0000

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By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:20:08 +0000

Thank you to all the politicians who kept the fare at a nickel and then a dime for so long. (It was a dime until 1964 right?)

It was raised from a dime to 15 cents in 1953.

By: Skip Skipson

Skip Skipson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:20:00 +0000

Thank you to all the politicians who kept the fare at a nickel and then a dime for so long. (It was a dime until 1964 right?)

Thanks to Governor Pataki for not providing more funding for the MTA thus forcing them to borrow huge sums of money. At least we got the death penalty from him right? Oh wait, we didn’t, it was ruled unconstitutional. Thanks for nothing then.

*groan*

By: cmdrtebok

cmdrtebok — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:56:47 +0000

The feds should just give money to the MTA at this point. Getting people to and from work in New York is a matter of national importance and security. Since we are the financial engine of a nation we need to make sure its staffed.