What we really need in New York is oversight of the MTA (transit authority). They're corrupt and anytime they want to get their way they just threaten to shut down public transportation for the city. The last time they did it they agreed not to raise the fares, yet a short time later they did and now they want to do it again.

They hold the city hostage anytime they please and no one has any power to stop them because of the unions.

As for Obama, I think it's pretty blatantly obvious that is his trying to bring more and more of America under direct control of the federal government. If we wanted that we would've asked for it and we would've have created state and local governments.

How is the federal government going to know whats best for New Yorkers and their daily subway rides? The feds couldn't keep a model train set going without ending up billions in debt.

I don't see what the big deal is, maybe I'm just missing the point.

But it just seems like the "feds" are taking over safety regulating of the rails? It doesn't seem like all that bad of an idea to me for the government to set safety standands.

Do you also have a problem with the NTSB and the FDA? I think even greyhound buses fall under federal jurisdiction somehow and have to have certain safety standards.

I don't see how government setting safety standards and regulations is worse than socialism either.

Maybe I'm just missing the point.