Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

No. He's just wondering what happens to repeat offenders who show no remorse as tp what they did.

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I think they should be subjugated to watching her workout videos. That seems punishment enough.

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Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)

This really keeps you up at night, doesn't it?

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You really don't get it, do you?

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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

it's about more than just the toll, it's the complete disregard for the law. someone willing to break the law for a $2.75 toll is stupid and deserves to be punished.

if someone can not afford $2.75 toll then they have bigger problems.

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I rarely where my seatbelt and I can totally afford to, I'm a common criminal. How much time you figure I ought to do? Also, after I serve my time, I dont plan to wear my seatbelt.

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Originally Posted by benny01

I rarely where my seatbelt and I can totally afford to, I'm a common criminal. How much time you figure I ought to do? Also, after I serve my time, I dont plan to wear my seatbelt.

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Here come the hairsplitters with their ridiculous comparisons.

Try to follow……

You don't wear (or where as you say) a seatbelt and wrap your car around a tree and kill yourself. Tat has no effect on the cost or quality of life of the society in which you move. No one really cares if you kill yourself.

Not paying transit fare does. It also leads to the habitual breaking of laws that changes our overall quality of life.

Hundreds of people getting killed because they are too dumb to wear seatbelt doesn't affect anyone (unless they hit someone else). Hundreds of people jumping fare barriers creates a financial shortfall that must be ode up elsewhere…probably by fare increases.

Are you getting this yet?

It won’t stop until literally everything is free lol

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Originally Posted by thomass

It won’t stop until literally everything is free lol

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For some, it already is.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Here come the hairsplitters with their ridiculous comparisons.

Try to follow……

You don't wear (or where as you say) a seatbelt and wrap your car around a tree and kill yourself. Tat has no effect on the cost or quality of life of the society in which you move. No one really cares if you kill yourself.

Not paying transit fare does. It also leads to the habitual breaking of laws that changes our overall quality of life.

Hundreds of people getting killed because they are too dumb to wear seatbelt doesn't affect anyone (unless they hit someone else). Hundreds of people jumping fare barriers creates a financial shortfall that must be ode up elsewhere…probably by fare increases.

Are you getting this yet?

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I think my not wearing a seatbelt is habitual breaking of the law, its lead me to not care about my fair jumping.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

You really don't get it, do you?

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Nah, I get it. Petty crimes by elderly actresses really grind your gears. Just try not to focus on it; you'll be okay.

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Originally Posted by benny01

I think my not wearing a seatbelt is habitual breaking of the law, its lead me to not care about my fair jumping.

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More like unfair jumping, you gutter dwelling scum bucket.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

So your point is what????

You're deflecting the issue as to what she said by your view of the publication that is quoting her.

If the story was in the NY Times would you feel better?

And forget whatever the story was surrounding the quote and image of the Tweet………just focust on what she said and the image of the Tweet……

are you OK with what she said/did? It's a very simple question.

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I was making an aside comment about the sourcing. That’s all. Simmer down triggered snowflake. :p

And I’m fine with what she said because it was to make a bigger point that you missed or ignored.


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Originally Posted by GGGGG-Men

I was making an aside comment about the sourcing. That’s all. Simmer down triggered snowflake. :p

And I’m fine with what she said because it was to make a bigger point that you missed or ignored.


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You've been listening to Professor Ponytail too much.

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Originally Posted by GGGGG-Men

I was making an aside comment about the sourcing. That’s all. Simmer down triggered snowflake. :p

And I’m fine with what she said because it was to make a bigger point that you missed or ignored.


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Let's see now…

Article was about numbers of people breaking the law and a sitting member of congress encouraging them.

So what is the bigger point that was missed or ignored.

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Originally Posted by benny01

I think my not wearing a seatbelt is habitual breaking of the law, its lead me to not care about my fair jumping.

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You have more problems in you thinking than not wearing a seatbelt.

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Originally Posted by benny01

I think my not wearing a seatbelt is habitual breaking of the law, its lead me to not care about my fair jumping.

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I started hanging out with a fair jumper and immediately got into crack

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Originally Posted by ewing

I started hanging out with a fair jumper and immediately got into crack

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Surprising how many of you do not get this. Well maybe not


fare | fer |
noun
1 the money a passenger on public transportation has to pay.
• a passenger paying to travel in a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
2 a range of food of a particular type: delicious Provençal fare.
• performance or entertainment of a particular style: conventional Hollywood fare.


fair2 | fer |
noun
a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
• (also agricultural fair) North American a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays.
• a periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
• an exhibition to promote particular products: the Contemporary Art Fair.

You do realize that "fare jumping" refers to people skipping out on their obligation to pay for services and not people opting out of going to a state gathering to judge chickens and cows while eating pork rinds and corn dogs.

Right????

Hmmm. Maybe not.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Surprising how many of you do not get this. Well maybe not


fare | fer |
noun
1 the money a passenger on public transportation has to pay.
• a passenger paying to travel in a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
2 a range of food of a particular type: delicious Provençal fare.
• performance or entertainment of a particular style: conventional Hollywood fare.


fair2 | fer |
noun
a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
• (also agricultural fair) North American a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays.
• a periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
• an exhibition to promote particular products: the Contemporary Art Fair.

You do realize that "fare jumping" refers to people skipping out on their obligation to pay for services and not people opting out of going to a state gathering to judge chickens and cows while eating pork rinds and corn dogs.

Right????

Hmmm. Maybe not.

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I am part of this tragic tale

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Surprising how many of you do not get this. Well maybe not


fare | fer |
noun
1 the money a passenger on public transportation has to pay.
• a passenger paying to travel in a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
2 a range of food of a particular type: delicious Provençal fare.
• performance or entertainment of a particular style: conventional Hollywood fare.


fair2 | fer |
noun
a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
• (also agricultural fair) North American a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays.
• a periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
• an exhibition to promote particular products: the Contemporary Art Fair.

You do realize that "fare jumping" refers to people skipping out on their obligation to pay for services and not people opting out of going to a state gathering to judge chickens and cows while eating pork rinds and corn dogs.

Right????

Hmmm. Maybe not.

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Was an auto correct i went with for expediency. Also, I'm a hillbilly, I never miss the fair. I have to defend my grand champion duck title that I've won two years on a row.

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Originally Posted by benny01

Was an auto correct i went with for expediency. Also, I'm a hillbilly, I never miss the fair. I have to defend my grand champion duck title that I've won two years on a row.

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I believe you.

In all seriousness……

I'm a city boy. Wildlife was pigeons and squirrels and I guess rats.. (Never could figure out why there were no small pigeons. They were all the same size. Don't they hatch small?? I dunno.)

When I moved to Florida I went to the Florida State Fair. Never went to a State Fair before. I never knew there were so many different kinds of ducks and chickens. Always thought there was just chickens and roosters. Ducks and……Duckettes?? Watched a few livestock judging events and had no idea what was going on. No idea as to what they were looking for. I just cheered when everyone else did. Winning steer looked a lot like all the other steers. I dunno.

But it was interesting and a lot of fun. Pretty neat to see for the first time. Food was excellent. Carnies were a little odd.

To quote a famous album "a splendid time was had by all."

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

I believe you.

In all seriousness……

I'm a city boy. Wildlife was pigeons and squirrels and I guess rats.. (Never could figure out why there were no small pigeons. They were all the same size. Don't they hatch small?? I dunno.)

When I moved to Florida I went to the Florida State Fair. Never went to a State Fair before. I never knew there were so many different kinds of ducks and chickens. Always thought there was just chickens and roosters. Ducks and……Duckettes?? Watched a few livestock judging events and had no idea what was going on. No idea as to what they were looking for. I just cheered when everyone else did. Winning steer looked a lot like all the other steers. I dunno.

But it was interesting and a lot of fun. Pretty neat to see for the first time. Food was excellent. Carnies were a little odd.

To quote a famous album "a splendid time was had by all."

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2/3 truth. I am a hillbilly that has had grand champion ducks the last 2 years, but I hate the fair.

Ducks and drakes(males), and if you have no idea what they are looking for, then you'd fit right in with the rest of us. I raise them and my kids pick the ones that go to the fair. I'm convinced we win because we know and get along with everybody, its politics.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Surprising how many of you do not get this. Well maybe not


fare | fer |
noun
1 the money a passenger on public transportation has to pay.
• a passenger paying to travel in a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
2 a range of food of a particular type: delicious Provençal fare.
• performance or entertainment of a particular style: conventional Hollywood fare.


fair2 | fer |
noun
a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
• (also agricultural fair) North American a competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, and household skills held annually by a town, county, or state and also featuring entertainment and educational displays.
• a periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
• an exhibition to promote particular products: the Contemporary Art Fair.

You do realize that "fare jumping" refers to people skipping out on their obligation to pay for services and not people opting out of going to a state gathering to judge chickens and cows while eating pork rinds and corn dogs.

Right????

Hmmm. Maybe not.

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Quoting the dictionary? That's a page right out of FNK's book.

This oughta drive Sluggo absolutely crazy:

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Let's see now…

Article was about numbers of people breaking the law and a sitting member of congress encouraging them.

So what is the bigger point that was missed or ignored.

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The system that let them down in the first place. Context matters.


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Originally Posted by GGGGG-Men

The system that let them down in the first place. Context matters.


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This response means one of two things.

1. You're yanking my crank by posting a BS response.
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2. It is an honest response and you actually believe what you said.

I'll assume #2 is your honest response in which case you are a complete fool.

The NYC subway system serves several million people a day. How come those millions weren't let down by that same "system?"

The city of NYC owns and operates the transit system for the good of the general public. The fare charged by the operating authority (like every transit operating authority in the US) does not cover the system's operating expenses. It operates at a loss in order to keep fares low so that the general public can use the transit system. Shortfalls are made up by taxes, federal funding and other means. And, by the way, the rich and well-to-do that actually pay taxes rarely use mass transit.

Still, apparently, that's not enough for these losers you see jumping the turnstiles. The one's you defend because the "system" (whatever the "system" is) has "let them down."

You're one of those people (and they have you in every city) that rushes to defend bad behavior on the part those low-life citizens that bring down the quality of life for all around them. You're the guy that sees graffiti as "urban art" (unless they do it to your property…then it's vandalism.). When you wonder why people abandon cities for the suburbs…look in the mirror,

Where do people like you draw the line? If someone can't afford transportation, can they take your car (or maybe, in your case, your skateboard)? Is that Ok. If they're hungry, can they walk into a restaurant, eat up and not pay. Is that OK.

Maybe instead of blaming "the system" these losers should make an attempt to operate within "the system." It's not that hard. All it takes is a little effort. Well maybe for them, it is that hard. But there is always you around to pick them up and give them whatever it is that they need…especially excuses.

Buccaneers are at home today. I don't have a ticket but I'll try jumping the turnstile and see what happens. After all it's a publicly financed stadium…I have a right to get in.

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Originally Posted by ewing

I started hanging out with a fair jumper and immediately got into crack

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Crack is pretty much your standard fair jumper drug of choice.

Always smoke a little crack before you go around terrorizing the city by jumping turnstile after turnstile

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Here come the hairsplitters with their ridiculous comparisons.

Try to follow……

You don't wear (or where as you say) a seatbelt and wrap your car around a tree and kill yourself. Tat has no effect on the cost or quality of life of the society in which you move. No one really cares if you kill yourself.

Not paying transit fare does. It also leads to the habitual breaking of laws that changes our overall quality of life.

Hundreds of people getting killed because they are too dumb to wear seatbelt doesn't affect anyone (unless they hit someone else). Hundreds of people jumping fare barriers creates a financial shortfall that must be ode up elsewhere…probably by fare increases.

Are you getting this yet?

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Wait do you really think someone getting in a car wreck and dying because they don’t wear a seatbelt affects society? I guess the time that the ambulance spends trying to rescue the person has no cost. The space they might take up unnecessarily in a hospital has no cost. I guess the unnecessary use of a coroner’s time has no cost. I guess any social welfare programs used by the victim’s family because they just lost a member of the family unnecessarily has no cost.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Wait do you really think someone getting in a car wreck and dying because they don’t wear a seatbelt affects society? I guess the time that the ambulance spends trying to rescue the person has no cost. The space they might take up unnecessarily in a hospital has no cost. I guess the unnecessary use of a coroner’s time has no cost. I guess any social welfare programs used by the victim’s family because they just lost a member of the family unnecessarily has no cost.

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Much less the effect on everyone’s insurance premiums.

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Originally Posted by Crovash

Much less the effect on everyone’s insurance premiums.

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This is true. But I’m just focusing on the specific public costs i.e. incurred government costs.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

This is true. But I’m just focusing on the specific public costs i.e. incurred government costs.

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Yup. I am just trying to prepare Sluggo for when we institute “Medicare for All” and his taxes go up to pay for the whole shabang.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Wait do you really think someone getting in a car wreck and dying because they don’t wear a seatbelt affects society? I guess the time that the ambulance spends trying to rescue the person has no cost. The space they might take up unnecessarily in a hospital has no cost. I guess the unnecessary use of a coroner’s time has no cost. I guess any social welfare programs used by the victim’s family because they just lost a member of the family unnecessarily has no cost.

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eeh!

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Originally Posted by Crovash

Yup. I am just trying to prepare Sluggo for when we institute “Medicare for All” and his taxes go up to pay for the whole shabang.

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Plus the gas for the ambulance.

Got people using ambulances as taxis. They be telling the driver, instead of the hospital just take me to Figueroa and 43rd.

If nyc wants to make their public transit free, then more power to them. But encouraging people to hop the gates and steal is sad AF.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

This response means one of two things.

1. You're yanking my crank by posting a BS response.
or
2. It is an honest response and you actually believe what you said.

I'll assume #2 is your honest response in which case you are a complete fool.

The NYC subway system serves several million people a day. How come those millions weren't let down by that same "system?"

The city of NYC owns and operates the transit system for the good of the general public. The fare charged by the operating authority (like every transit operating authority in the US) does not cover the system's operating expenses. It operates at a loss in order to keep fares low so that the general public can use the transit system. Shortfalls are made up by taxes, federal funding and other means. And, by the way, the rich and well-to-do that actually pay taxes rarely use mass transit.

Still, apparently, that's not enough for these losers you see jumping the turnstiles. The one's you defend because the "system" (whatever the "system" is) has "let them down."

You're one of those people (and they have you in every city) that rushes to defend bad behavior on the part those low-life citizens that bring down the quality of life for all around them. You're the guy that sees graffiti as "urban art" (unless they do it to your property…then it's vandalism.). When you wonder why people abandon cities for the suburbs…look in the mirror,

Where do people like you draw the line? If someone can't afford transportation, can they take your car (or maybe, in your case, your skateboard)? Is that Ok. If they're hungry, can they walk into a restaurant, eat up and not pay. Is that OK.

Maybe instead of blaming "the system" these losers should make an attempt to operate within "the system." It's not that hard. All it takes is a little effort. Well maybe for them, it is that hard. But there is always you around to pick them up and give them whatever it is that they need…especially excuses.

Buccaneers are at home today. I don't have a ticket but I'll try jumping the turnstile and see what happens. After all it's a publicly financed stadium…I have a right to get in.

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So....you still don’t get it.

Ok.

“God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues”


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Maybe you can just tell us the point that you are trying to make?

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Originally Posted by thomass

If nyc wants to make their public transit free, then more power to them. But encouraging people to hop the gates and steal is sad AF.

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It's the dumbest thing ever because that's how you get people who aren't actually using it for transportation to make things worse for everyone else. You want piss, ****, gangs, and panhandlers on the subway make it free, lol.

Your disdain for poor people is fascinating.

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Originally Posted by ManRam

Your disdain for poor people is fascinating.

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Let me have cake and eat it too.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Let me have cake and eat it too.

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So long as the poor don't get cake.

Marie Antoinette said “Let them eat cake.” And you know what happened to her.

I’d find hard to believe that anyone would hate poor people. That’s more of a straw man argument that’s been around for a long time. Remember the pushing the granny over the cliff ad

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Originally Posted by thomass

I’d find hard to believe that anyone would hate poor people. That’s more of a straw man argument that’s been around for a long time. Remember the pushing the granny over the cliff ad

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Perhaps “complete disregard” is more fitting than hate?