HelllllloooooPerson t1_j6jezaa wrote
Reply to comment by AgainstMedicalAdvice in An album of hidden, defaced, obstructed, and fake plates. The majority of these vehicles are owned by city employees. by NYCBikeLanes
because if you have the ability to see the macro side of things, these things are smaller and small peas. I get it, the world needs people like you to keep others like this honest and push for fairness. But its just whining to me.
AgainstMedicalAdvice t1_j6jfv10 wrote
You are literally failing to see the macro side.
1 person doing these things is a non-issue. On an individual level all these things are benign.
On a macro scale things like dodging speed cameras/ tolls, subway fare jumping, parking illegally, leaving shopping carts out, shoplifting, etc.... Are bad for society.
You live in NYC dude. 1 "it doesn't really matter it's nothing" x 8,000,000 people turns into a big deal real fast. The fact that only 5% of people are immoral enough to do it just means it's manageable....
Social pressures that move that 5% to 4% are good, and enabling behavior that pushes that 5% to 6% is bad.
TeamMisha t1_j6l1i21 wrote
These things add up on the macro scale. Just one person at LIRR accrued nearly $500 thousand of fraudulent overtime pay in one year. That is one person. The MTA estimated last year it loses almost $50 million a year on toll fraud. That's money that has to come from somewhere. It all adds up.
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