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If You Don't Live in NYC…

…then let me take a moment, on tax day, to thank you for buying me a Second Avenue subway line with your tax dollars. Your federal tax dollars, totaling $1.3 billion.

Because apparently a new NYC subway line is — somehow — not just a public good but a federal public good, worthy of federal subsidization.

Somehow.

While most people will thank the politicians, I’ll be one of the few who will thank those who really made it possible — the people like you who are paying for it.

Maybe someday I can return the favor by funding a bridge to nowhere for you with my tax dollars. My federal tax dollars.

I’m sure the politicians can easily arrange that.

POST SCRIPT: Ditto for those of you who live elsewhere in New York State and who are chipping in $450 million of your state tax dollars.

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2 Responses to “If You Don't Live in NYC…”

  1. I bought the bolt on the left side of seat 32, car number 7. Please keep it shiny for me.

    And sorry I didn't make it in to town this week… Soon!

  2. Bureaucracy of the Week

    In New York city, residents will soon be benefitting from a Federally Funded subway.

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