Yet they propose another round of fare hikes, toll increases, etc. And that the money collected be used to treat anyone who crashes because of any of those formerly illegal pastimes, once quaintly called “vices.” Jonathan Kleid The money trainĪstoria: The MTA has many ways to raise revenue: fares, tolls, taxes, subsidies and possibly in the future money from congestion charges and “legalized” marijuana tax revenue. Well, if that’s true, and with the studies and statistics he quotes to support his statement, as well as everything I’ve seen first-hand, I believe it is, then every profit-making vice should be legalized, overseen and taxed by the local, state, and federal governments.

And that the opioid epidemic is sweeping the country enough without it. 18): We have to admire Kevin Sabet for stating so clearly that legalizing marijuana is “not about social justice but profits for a few wealthy people,” and that one class of harder drugs it’s claimed to lead to are opioids. Bronx: Re “Backtrack while you can, Andy” (Op-Ed, Dec.

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