hotaspee
hotaspee t1_j2u0fgc wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Healey should give rural Massachusetts a seat at the table - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion
right, we had to wait like six extra years for new red line and orange line cars because we had to build a factory in western MA to build them in order to get support from the rural electeds. and Baker vetoed indexing the gas tax because it wasn’t popular amongst rural voters
hotaspee t1_j2enm48 wrote
Reply to comment by Doctrina_Stabilitas in New Orange Line subway cars pulled from service over safety concerns by Omphaloskeptique
I hate this country too. Down with the capitalist pigdogs!
hotaspee t1_j2el6y9 wrote
Reply to comment by kevalry in New Orange Line subway cars pulled from service over safety concerns by Omphaloskeptique
Romney could’ve updated the trains. Or Weld. It was left for Patrick to do, so he did. Do you have a point?
hotaspee t1_j2ebs6i wrote
Reply to comment by kevalry in New Orange Line subway cars pulled from service over safety concerns by Omphaloskeptique
oh no did a democrat invest in infrastructure?? do your fee fees hurt?
hotaspee t1_j2eb9fy wrote
Reply to comment by dpm25 in New Orange Line subway cars pulled from service over safety concerns by Omphaloskeptique
look I’m the biggest critic of this contract you’ll ever find, but LA Metro and (if memory serves) SEPTA both have orders with CRRC. Richie Neal even got them some sort of special dispensation so that they’d qualify for “buy american” status during the trump admin. they’re probably not going to shut down anytime soon.
hotaspee t1_ix93mgt wrote
Reply to comment by jWalkerFTW in So uh… are these Jehovahs Witnesses at the T stations ever going to go away? by jWalkerFTW
fair enough, I just ignore them. if you really want to bug them you can ask them why they’re recruiting if there are only 144,000 spots in heaven and there’s 8.5m witnesses
hotaspee t1_ix91bol wrote
no.
source: my decades of living here.
hotaspee t1_iu13b0i wrote
Reply to Taxachusetts by [deleted]
So are you complaining about the 5% income tax levied by Massachusetts? Or are you complaining about paying (presumably) 24% in federal income taxes on income over $89,075? Are you aware that anything below $89,074 is being taxed at 22%, and only income between $89,075 and $170,050 is being taxed at 24%?
hotaspee t1_j2uric4 wrote
Reply to comment by immoralatheist in Healey should give rural Massachusetts a seat at the table - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion
ahh right, well either way, it was dumb