MBTA losses
The MBTA has been working at deficits for years, now the latest article “Low cost fares, Chinese language-built vehicles on monitor” illustrates much more losses. Sixty thousand low-income riders will obtain half-off tickets and passes. I perceive low revenue and help but it surely simply exhibits one other loss. The contract with a Chinese language firm for brand spanking new vehicles was up to date, for enormous losses and extra time ready. The T will now pay the corporate $148 million extra…on a bid!? They can even forgive $90 million, and one other $37 million in damages spelled out within the bid could also be forgiven.
Why wasn’t there rebidding when the Chinese language firm defaulted? Are there any US corporations who bid and have been inside $275million of the awarded firm? Why aren’t these questions being raised for an company hemorrhaging cash away?
John Cerulli
Salem NH
Biden fundraising
Pull again the curtain and you will notice why Biden had the largest fundraising occasion in historical past. The overall web value of the highest 1%, outlined by the Fed as these with wealth over $11 million, elevated by $2 trillion within the fourth quarter. All the positive factors for the elites got here from their inventory holdings. Tremendous wealthy Democrats love Biden, whereas working class Democrats wrestle to place meals on the desk.
Biden couldn’t draw a crowd by headlining the occasion himself. He needed to share the stage with Invoice Clinton and Barack Obama and so they have been hawking picture shoots with the previous presidents. Second row seats have been going for $500,000. Did anybody studying this attend the fundraiser? I doubt it, as a result of Bidenomics doesn’t work for working-class individuals.
Donald Houghton
Quincy
Baltimore bridge
t’s refreshing to listen to that our governor has pledged to assist Maryland Governor Wes Moore with assist within the Key bridge catastrophe. It’s nice information to see intergovernmental cooperation between states. Now if Gov. Moore was a Republican, would Healey be so fast to supply him any sort of assist? An enormous tragedy has been going down on our southern border, right here in Massachusetts, Healey has solely admonished Texas Governor Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump. When will Gov. Healey name and prolong the identical courtesy to Gov. Abbott? A tragedy has been occurring at our southern border for over 3 years and but Gov. Healey hasn’t even tried to increase any assist or help to cease it.
Democrats assist Democrats and Democrats undergo cognitive dissonance and proceed to blame Republicans, Trump and MAGA for the catastrophe on our southern border.
Mark Howland
Weymouth
Timeless adage
A very long time in the past, an elder from the Best Technology informed me that “You may’t beat Metropolis Corridor.” Now that I’ve turn out to be an elder, I can see that authorities is making an attempt now to make that an absolute truth. If we permit that to turn out to be absolutely the reality with our votes being negotiable to tax- and-spend politicians, then democracy will, or maybe already has been misplaced.
Al DePaoli
Woburn
