> MTA can no longer build cost-effectively. This was highlighted by the NYT just last week. New York State government is totally broken. Although there is some

> MTA can no longer build cost-effectively. This was highlighted by the NYT just last week. New York State government is totally broken. Although there is some outright corruption (a la bags of cash) that's not the real problem. The real problem is systematized, and legal, quasi-corruption. The rules of the game have been rigged for so long and insiders play it so well, that the general public just doesn't have any chance at all anymore. Those insiders might be politicians, contractors, politicians, or special interest groups, but they know who they are and they are happy with how things work now. They are the reason that the state constitutional convention went down in flames. They didn't want even the smallest chance of upsetting the apple cart.