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• Commented on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave: Will It Crush Small Businesses?
  If a small business owner can't afford to pay out sick leave to sick employees, then maybe they should pack it in and go work for someone who can afford to do just that. Sick employees aren't going to be...
• Commented on Bloomberg Speaks Out On Anti-Hugging Cabbie
  Who hasn't made out in a taxi cab? I don't say anything when the cabbie is talking on his cell phone, he shouldn't say anything when someone is having a little kissy kissy....
• Commented on Taxpayers Flee New York, Taxes Too High (Duh)
  Could it also be that many of the people leaving are high earning baby boomers at the height of their careers, fleeing to the south just before or at retirement, and many of the new residents are simply younger people,...
• Commented on MTA Wants Smart Card In Place By 2014
  Actually, the PATH system's smart card was built to the specifications originally set by the MTA in conjunction with NJ Transit, so really they are using the old MTA smartcard system on the PATH. Of course, many people just use...
• Commented on MTA Begs Riders To Stop Holding Subway Doors
  You know what would also make the trains on time more frequently-- investing in the aging infrastructure, modernizing the signal system, completing the Second Avenue subway to relieve congestion, and eliminating engineers with automated computer systems....