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Submitted by Gregg R., Apr 17, 2007 13:23

Eileen,

We all agree that congestion is bad in the city, but the tax is not going to hurt the Bergdorf shopper, they don't care about spending an extra $5. It hurts people like me who can not afford to live in Manhattan, but have to work there. I live in an area of Queens that does not have convenient access to mass transit. If I had to take mass transit, my commute would increase by over 2 hours a day. If the congestion tax were implemented, it would cost me over $5,000/yr in after-tax dollars, which means that it is going to take up $7,500/yr of my gross pay. There is no way that my family and I can afford that, it would be a real hardship.

Gregg R.

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