TheAJx t1_iz5dd91 wrote on December 6, 2022 at 4:37 PM

Reply to comment by secretactorian in NYC comptroller says Adams has ‘exacerbated’ widespread city worker vacancies by mowotlarx

Okay, let's start from the beginning. Did you understand the part where I described how commuters into the city inject money into the local economy through spending?

secretactorian t1_iz5fais wrote on December 6, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Really?? Lmao, fuck your condescension. You made a statement without anything to back it up. Which civic resources, specifically, are we going to run out of?

The MTA may be crying about lost revenue due to ridership being down, but the fact is that there are plenty of people coming in to the office at least one day a week and tourists are back en force. The city isn't dying or in danger of losing any sector or service. It's readjusting, if anything.

TheAJx t1_iz5ghi6 wrote on December 6, 2022 at 4:57 PM

> Really?? Lmao, fuck your condescension. You made a statement without anything to back it up.

What exactly do you need back up for. Do you understand the concept or not?

>Which civic resources, specifically, are we going to run out of?

Economic Revenue to businesses and employees in this city; Tax Revenue.

>The MTA may be crying about lost revenue due to ridership being down, but the fact is that there are plenty of people coming in to the office at least one day a week and tourists are back en force.

No, the fact is that MTA ridership is down 30-40% and it is not sustainable to keep up operations at the same level. So the city and state will need to make a big decision on how they are gong to fix that gap.

> It's readjusting, if anything.

Okay, and the readjustment will be toward lower investment into public services. And that trade off might be worth it if most people are just sitting at home anyways.

Evening_Presence_927 t1_iz6u9wa wrote on December 6, 2022 at 10:16 PM

> Economic Revenue to businesses and employees in this city; Tax Revenue.

So find new sources of that. We have the most billionaires in the world. I’d say start there.

TheAJx t1_iz85xlc wrote on December 7, 2022 at 4:19 AM

What the fuck does this even mean. You need a news source to understand how consumer spending drives the economy of this city? You can't just use simple logic?

What does the existence of billionaires have to do with the general economy of the city? Do you think the number of billionaires in a city impacts spending at the local bodega, local restaurants, local drugstores? Do you think billionaires are just a magic source of money for everything the city wants to accomplish?