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Some weekend commuter rail service was restored under a revised MBTA proposal for service cuts to make up for low ridership during the coronavirus pandemic. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)
SALEM, MA The MBTA apparently listened as local and state officials, T workers and the riding public decried proposed massive cuts to service proposed to make up for lost ridership due to the coronavirus health crisis at recent public forums.
Yet, while the extent and lengths of the cuts were ultimately reduced in some cases in the Fiscal Management Control Board s final recommendation, they will still be significant for North Shore residents who rely on traveling the commuter rail at off-peak hours and who utilize certain bus lines through Salem.
didn t have to cut controllers, but that s what they did. that s exactly what they did. this was a manufactured crisis. they were supposed to cut 4%. they let go 10% of the flight controllers and the busiest airports in america. not the small rural airports that wouldn t have seen the effect, but the busiest air space in the country, like new york, and l.a., and the places writ was going to inflict the most damage. why was that done? one can only surmise it was done because it was political stunt to say, you see, this sequestration is really dangerous. even though other departments like the labor department, structured there s so employees would take their fur lows furloughs four hours at a time. so a much wider purview. absolutely. neil: and prior budget deals, to say nothing of what the republicanners republicans offered. i we re taking back cuts, then the cuts we had, which were
administration. what did we buy? instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a democracy which now tells us which light bulbs to buy and may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing. it may force many job kraerts to just stop offering back cuts. it s already received government, a mom, i care. this is lucy. that could have a devastating impact on our fees. for two years, president obama made promises, just like the ones we heard this evening.
americans who stand to lose their unemployment insurance at the end of this month be put in a situation where they might lose their home, their car, or suffer some additional economic catastrophe. so sympathetic as i am to those who prefer a fight over compromise, as much as the political wisdom may dictate fighting over solving problems, it would be the wrong thing to do. president obama tonight clearly trying to put his move in best possible light. keeping them honest, this is a complete abandonment of his campaign promise on taxes. a promise he made over and over again. watch. i end the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. it means letting the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire. and rolling back the bush back cuts to the top 1%. we have toe roll back. i m rolling back the bush tax cuts for the very wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. it is true that i want to roll
again. watch. i end the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. it means letting the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire. and rolling back the bush back cuts to the top 1%. i want to roll bam. i m rolling back the bush tax cuts for the very wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. it is true that i to roll back the bush tax cuts on the very wealthiest americans and go back to the rate they paid under bill clinton. well, that was then. these days the fact is, the president simply does not have the support of conservative senate democrats for doing what he promised and now in cutting a deal he s alienating some liberal democrats. i m very unhappy about it. you re right. in essence, it borrows $700 billion from china, charges it and puts it on our children and grandchildren s credit cards and gives it to the wealthiest 2 percent of taxpayers. people say washington doesn t