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> low corruption I’m sorry, what? Ask anyone in NYC what they think of the corruption. Ask them if they feel that the taxes they pay are put to a good use. Ask

by cromka 5y ago

> low corruption I’m sorry, what? Ask anyone in NYC what they think of the corruption. Ask them if they feel that the taxes they pay are put to a good use. Ask what they think of MTA, of the unions, of the mafia connections. And ask any expat what they think of lobbying, a.k.a. legal corruption.

elzbardico 5y ago
You Americans have no idea how you have it good, do you? If you think NYC is corrupt, let's trade passports, see how you like brasilia.
bwb 5y ago
Compare corruption in NYC to India or Thailand or Romania :) A waist high pile of poop is much different from one the size of a skyscraper. I am not saying it doesn't have aspects of corruption, but it is low and solid resources on the local and national level to constantly investigate and make cases. Legalizing corruption through lobbying is a good move. There are other options but better than keeping it underground.
- DeathArrow 5y ago
  >Compare corruption in NYC to India or Thailand or Romania :) Corruption in Romania and other Eastern European countries is more generalized in the sense that there is more small corruption. Corruption cases in US are more serious.
  - bwb 5y ago
    proof? data? Not backed up by a lot of companies/orgs/data... https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/rou https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/rou https://risk-indexes.com/global-corruption-index/ https://risk-indexes.com/global-corruption-index/ https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corruption-index https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corruption-index
matsuokk 5y ago
I love paying taxes in NYC. I estimate NYC taxpayers saved me ~$100K in medical bills when I unexpectedly needed surgery and qualified for low-income Medicare coverage. I love that I’m again a heavy contributor to that system and happily so. And I love watching bike lanes built left and right, I love the city buying up empty lots to build parks, I love the Marathon, the “5 Boro” bike tour, the incredible (and heavily subsidized) ferry service, the public school free lunch programs, the vaccine outreach campaigns, the reliable snow removal, and the wonderful collection of libraries and museums and public spaces that are free and open to me. I love that the city cuts long-term lease deals with multi-tenant property owners to guarantee supply of low-income housing. A bunch of my friends grew up in that kind of housing and some of my sweetest neighbors live there now. I think MTA is one of the very BEST features of this or any world-class city — trains run all night! And it makes me super happy whenever I’m going somewhere at 5am and the train is packed with workers in steel-toed boots and jackets with local union patches commuting to the job site. I think my taxes are spent well enough — I know this because I love living here and have never given a serious thought to leaving for tax avoidance or whatever other fake drama is being projected onto this city from afar.

by cromka 5y ago

elzbardico 5y ago

You Americans have no idea how you have it good, do you? If you think NYC is corrupt, let's trade passports, see how you like brasilia.

bwb 5y ago

Compare corruption in NYC to India or Thailand or Romania :) A waist high pile of poop is much different from one the size of a skyscraper. I am not saying it doesn't have aspects of corruption, but it is low and solid resources on the local and national level to constantly investigate and make cases. Legalizing corruption through lobbying is a good move. There are other options but better than keeping it underground.

DeathArrow 5y ago
>Compare corruption in NYC to India or Thailand or Romania :) Corruption in Romania and other Eastern European countries is more generalized in the sense that there is more small corruption. Corruption cases in US are more serious.
- bwb 5y ago
  proof? data? Not backed up by a lot of companies/orgs/data... https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/rou https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/rou https://risk-indexes.com/global-corruption-index/ https://risk-indexes.com/global-corruption-index/ https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corruption-index https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corruption-index

matsuokk 5y ago

I love paying taxes in NYC. I estimate NYC taxpayers saved me ~$100K in medical bills when I unexpectedly needed surgery and qualified for low-income Medicare coverage. I love that I’m again a heavy contributor to that system and happily so. And I love watching bike lanes built left and right, I love the city buying up empty lots to build parks, I love the Marathon, the “5 Boro” bike tour, the incredible (and heavily subsidized) ferry service, the public school free lunch programs, the vaccine outreach campaigns, the reliable snow removal, and the wonderful collection of libraries and museums and public spaces that are free and open to me. I love that the city cuts long-term lease deals with multi-tenant property owners to guarantee supply of low-income housing. A bunch of my friends grew up in that kind of housing and some of my sweetest neighbors live there now. I think MTA is one of the very BEST features of this or any world-class city — trains run all night! And it makes me super happy whenever I’m going somewhere at 5am and the train is packed with workers in steel-toed boots and jackets with local union patches commuting to the job site. I think my taxes are spent well enough — I know this because I love living here and have never given a serious thought to leaving for tax avoidance or whatever other fake drama is being projected onto this city from afar.