Originally posted by: milfhunter

Nice way to keep allowing California's economy to kick ass all over the 30%-undeveloped state of New York. Good job, you dumb yankees.

If I was George Pataki, I'd fire all those transit workers and hire the thousands of capable homeless people in NYC looking for jobs.
First, far more than 30% of New York state is un-developed. If you've ever been the the Adirondack range, anywhere north of Syracuse or west of Binghampton you'd know that most of New York is empty empty empty land. Besides, its alot easier to go to Cali with the nice weather and all. And, if you didn't bother reading the article, the union hasn't threatened to strike. They just rejected the proposal. They're still at work as of now, so there's no effect on the economy. Besides, the MTA charges such high prices for everything, they can afford to give the workers a bigger pay raise.

Second, Giuliani killed all the homeless people when he was Mayor of the city. They're no longer a big enough group to handle the entire transit system. Besides, not all of those jobs are as easy as you think.