nyc congestion charge is blocked

george conklin wrote:
> "Bolwerk" <bolwerk@> wrote in message
> news:46b74e17$0$12223$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
>> 1) "When profits are declared in one city, that is what you urban
>> militants tout as making the city necessary." - it's rather unlikely
>> Conklin can find a single example of somebody "touting" such things.
>> Conklin uses the term urban militant to characterize anybody with the
>> common sense to disagree with him about matters relating to urban
>> development.
>>
> Changed the subject again, I note. The first posting was that New York
> City supported upstate NY and maybe half the world too. It does not. It is

That it supports Upstate has never even been in dispute. Nobody claimed
it supports half the world.

Upstate lags economically, but NYS as a whole (largely thanks to the
city) is a major tax donor to the rest of the country.

> merely the place where profits are reported. The real economic activity is
> mostly elsewhere in the world. If NY City went away, the rest of New York
> and the world could continue on without pause.

I doubt the disappearance of a half trillion dollar economy would go
unnoticed. You let your hatred of cities blind you to facts.

"Bolwerk" <bolwerk@> wrote in message
news:46b7b1e8$0$8005$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> george conklin wrote:
>> "Bolwerk" <bolwerk@> wrote in message
>> news:46b74e17$0$12223$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>
>>> 1) "When profits are declared in one city, that is what you urban
>>> militants tout as making the city necessary." - it's rather unlikely
>>> Conklin can find a single example of somebody "touting" such things.
>>> Conklin uses the term urban militant to characterize anybody with the
>>> common sense to disagree with him about matters relating to urban
>>> development.
>>>
>> Changed the subject again, I note. The first posting was that New York
>> City supported upstate NY and maybe half the world too. It does not. It
>> is
>
> That it supports Upstate has never even been in dispute. Nobody claimed
> it supports half the world.
>
> Upstate lags economically, but NYS as a whole (largely thanks to the city)
> is a major tax donor to the rest of the country.
>
>> merely the place where profits are reported. The real economic activity
>> is mostly elsewhere in the world. If NY City went away, the rest of New
>> York and the world could continue on without pause.
>
> I doubt the disappearance of a half trillion dollar economy would go
> unnoticed. You let your hatred of cities blind you to facts.

The so-called "benefit" of New York City would merely relocate elsewhere,
like Plano, TX. The wealth was not generated in NYC to start with, only
reported there.

On Aug 6, 10:50 pm, Phil Kane <Phil.K...@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote:
> What you mean "us all" kemo sabe? Don't include me and my family in
> anything that W-M wants to do - we want nothing to do with them.

How many of the things that you buy are made in China?