I'm not stating it from superiority but rather my choices of how I choose my lifestyle. There are other people in the city who cannot afford to and there are also those who CHOOSE not to. I'm stating it because I don't need to rely on the MTA if I don't care to. Thus the strike doesn't affect me as much as it does someone else who had to walk 4 hours to work, took vacation/sick days instead of coming in, doesn't have the option of telecommuting, lost jobs because they could not appear at the worksite, small shops who cannot get staff into the city to open stores, pick one.
edit: I'm trying to state this matter of factly not as a superiority position.
Who is going to be the policemen while the ones are still in training? I don't want some yahaoo with little training to be a police officer. I don't want someone who hasn't had the same level of training that I know goes into being an officer of the law. Same goes with firemen.
They did that already with teachers a few years ago because they couldn't get enough teachers because paying what the market would bear isn't possible due to the union setups. Now that they don't need the extras anymore they have been cast aside with no job.
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