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soliejordan t1_jcgknr0 wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded-Draw119 in NY lawmakers say they won't support MTA's planned fare hike for commuters by King-of-New-York

So true. I don't recall there being more taxes for drones or weapons for Ukraine or Silicon Valley Bank. All of these were subsidized by the government. The MTA can get the extra money from the government as well.

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Pennwisedom t1_jcgqlvo wrote

I'm not sure what you're talking about, the US hasn't bought new drones or weapons among what they gave to you Ukraine, they've been giving them old end-of-service life extra materials that we have laying around. And the money for SVB came from the Deposit Insurance Fund, which is a fund paid into by the banks, and also interest on government bonds, no taxpayer money has been used for this.

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soliejordan t1_jcgucqm wrote

Right, tax payer money is ever use for government spending. Even if it's old stuff to Ukraine people's taxes that were collected were not used to pay for that junk. Taxes did not pay for drones. Taxes do not pay for anything at the federal level. That's why I stated the government can subsidized the MTA. Taxes do not pay for government spending.

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Pennwisedom t1_jcgusa3 wrote

I agree with you. Perhaps I was just misunderstanding the original post.

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