>>”New York City only contributes a relatively small amount of funding to the MTA — with much of its budget being handled by New York State, under Cuomo.”
Perhaps Cuomo should just shut the MTA down completely until New York City takes over the upkeep of their own infrastructure. There’s no reason why people in Oneida should have to pay for the subways in NYC.
But, that's the selling point for people in rural Illinois to fund Rahm Emmanuel's favorite illegal aliens in Chicago, or his failing police protection program, or his schools, or (insert failing program here.)
The basic argument is that there would be no Oneida if the big city wasn't there to provide support. Actually, every big city uses this story. Comes from the Acme Excuse Factory.