Your Therapist Will Tell You That We All Register Support In Our Own Way And It’s Important Not To Waste Time Trying To Figure Out Who Registers “More” Or “Less” Support Because Then We’d All Start To Lose Focus Of The Main Thing, Which Is That We Support Stuff In The First Place
I support the strike, but . . .:
Posted: September 6th, 2007 | Filed under: Everyone Is To Blame HereMost New Yorkers didn’t even notice yesterday’s taxi strike because the vast majority of drivers chose to hit the streets — and ended up hitting the jackpot.
Several thousand cabbies did engage in a hackout to protest new global-positioning satellite technology being installed in all 13,000 yellow taxis. But the ones who thumbed their noses at the strikers and drove right past the picket line had record paydays — thanks to a combination of less competition and emergency per-person rates imposed by the city.
Drivers told The Post their incomes doubled and, in some cases, even quadrupled. Fred Amoaf, who normally earns a little over $100 a day, said that yesterday, he raked in $400.
“I support the strikers but I already paid for my car,” he said.
Another driver said, “Tuesday, I worked for 12 hours and I only made $200 all day. Today, I started at 5 a.m. and I have $270 already. By 5 p.m., I will make at least $350 — all because of the strike.”