fat-ass-bike wrote:
we might get some pot-hole free roads if this happens !

btorrei wrote:
Ring, ring??

Me: Hello?

Jersey City Police Department: Hi Ben, this is Officer X from the Police Department. I am calling about the officer you had at your job site for your delivery yesterday.

Me: YES?..

JCPD: You didn?t pay him enough. You owe us another $40

Me: Officer, I paid him $160 which is a 4 hour rate (Jersey City has a 4 Hour Minimum), although he was only here for a quick 15 minute delivery. I didn?t even complain that he was 2 hours late?He was supposed to be here at 12. So, I don?t understand, how did I not pay him enough?

JCPD: Well, they get Time and Half after 4:00PM. I understand that he was late but he technically started at 2PM. So, from 2-4 he gets $80, and from 4-6 another $120.

Me: Come again...?

JCPD: I know he should have been there at 12, but he was late. It still doesn?t change the fact that he started when he did, which is 2PM. AS you know, according to the Union Rules, we have a 4 Hour minimum, so he technically worked till 6PM. And after 4PM, they get time and half?.

Me: Are you listening to yourself?

JCPD: haha. I don?t make up the rules Ben.

Me: I understand that, but 1) you want me to pay for a 4 hour service, which was only 15 minutes; 2) you also want me to pay time and half for a time the officer had already left; 3) and ignore that the officer should have been there at 12 instead of 2pm?

JCPD: Yes

Me: and you wonder why investors refuse to do business in this city? Why last year, you came close to laying off 80 Officers because of budget cuts?

JCPD: I know it sounds ridiculous.

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borisp wrote:
Interesting... so, it seems that everybody understands that high taxes are jobs killers.

Now, can someone explain to me why the taxes are cut for just two companies? Do we not need jobs? Why not cut all of them?

Next, should we not also cut federal taxes?

federal taxes are the lowest they've been in decades. They were just cut a few years ago, if you'll remember.

And this doesn't so much seem a case of high taxes being job killers as it is a case of companies holding municipal governments hostage, as pointed out by the previous poster.

First, federal corporate tax rates are not the lowest. There was no changes since the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

Second, how is that an objection? Even if it were true - how does "it is lowest" denies that it is a job killer?

TheTacoTruck wrote:
Because we were thetacotruck in jersey city when you were still in business school. (now this is getting good right?) Why would the_taco_truck hijack our thread? Anywho...so yes LES has chips and guac and a couple other things that come with having a full bar. (margaritas) Jersey City location will get these too as we are in the process of obtaining a full liq lic. here as well. We never said guac wasn't mexican, others said we said. We have been fortunate (actually fortune has nothing to do with it) that the response in NY has been stellar. But as someone has already pointed out, there really is nothing like the original. Peace.

borisp wrote:
Interesting... so, it seems that everybody understands that high taxes are jobs killers.

Now, can someone explain to me why the taxes are cut for just two companies? Do we not need jobs? Why not cut all of them?

Next, should we not also cut federal taxes?

snowflake20 wrote:
CatDog, it's really a-hole of you to call a little baby names. WTF did that baby do to you? What kind of a piece of crap are you to ridicule a child just because you don't like the owners of a restaurant? Call them whatever you want, it's out of line to bring their child into your rant.

And to Taqueria, my family is at your establishment a lot. At least every other week we either have lunch there during the week or on the weekend. My kids love eating there and I know that when we are at Taqueria, they'll eat everything that's on their plate. It is disheartening to see your disdain towards your customers...is this how you feel about us? So you are just going to shut down your restaurant in JC and piss on your loyal customers, who by the way, probably helped you open a restaurant in NYC in the first place? Wow.

The two of youu need a time out and think about the tantrums both you threw on this board. Seriously. And while CatDog is just being a d-bag poster on an anonymous board, Taqueria needs to think about what they say about their customers before they post it on the internet for all to see. Are you going to hang this exchange up on your wall too?

Edited: Ooops, I called out the wrong person, sorry Ian!

nightgownposse wrote:
Maybe if you cry about it more the memorial will disappear. To complain about this thing blocking the NYC skyline is the dumbest discussion ever. It's equivalent to complaining about a new tree that is planted because when you stand behind it, it blocks your view. Deal with it. But I guess that's what JClist is, a bunch of crybabies. Wannabe artists who wheat paste electrical sockets around town and work at Lucky 7's. Then complain about everything and anything on JClist all day waiting for their shift to start so they can serve Pabst to the new batch of dipsters.

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CatDog wrote:
the Wall Street Journal is owned by Fox News, so that doesn't surprise me much.

WSJ is published by the Dow Jones company. And DJ is a part of the "News Corporation". Which owns few other things, Fox News included. Fox owns nejther DJ nor WSJ.

But I am guessing you were interested more in the political ad hominem, rather than in the factual correctness.

In both cases.

sandstone wrote:
1. Maybe it would be a good idea to wait for the project is complete before making judgement. It's not too often that construction looks great at the outset.
2. The families of the victims of 9/11 approved the design and that motivated state officials more than anything.
3. It's not like there aren't other areas to view the skyline. Actually, there's another mile plus of viewing opportunities.