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Trying something that has some chance of working isn't a waste! You can't know beforehand what's going to happen, any big project is a calculated risk. Maybe th
by Y_Y 2y ago
Trying something that has some chance of working isn't a waste! You can't know beforehand what's going to happen, any big project is a calculated risk. Maybe they should have stopped earlier, maybe they should have tried something else from the start, but it's bullshit to say it's "waste" if you didn't find out until you tried.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe waste is the governor's canceling it for craven political reasons mere weeks before it was meant to go into effect, after years of preparation (and $16B in future revenue already spoken for).
- paleotrope 2y agoClassic. Spending the revenue before it shows up.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThat's one way to describe "budgeting based off a relatively reasonable expectation of future revenue", sure. Most people with a mortgage do the same thing.
- JohnClark1337 2y ago[dead]
- User23 2y agoThis is normal NY politics. They were perfecting their corruption skills before Chicago was even blueprints. None of that money was “wasted.” The nominal objective was never the primary purpose of the project; it was always to enrich the politically connected and their various clients, lackeys, and so on.
- qingcharles 2y agoThere is enough data out there surely to make an informed decision? NYC is late to the congestion charging scheme, so just look at all the other places doing it?