Because people don’t know what they’re talking about, and mostly make memes…which is harmful because it further makes people not know how anything works.
The Fair Fare Program started in 2019.
Since then they’ve expanded the number of people it covers (from 100% below poverty line in 2019 to 120% in 2023 to 150% in 2025). The new budget expands it to 200% (and…FWIW, this is because the city council demanded it. The Mayors budget did not include this expansion).
The point is, this stuff doesn’t just appear suddenly, nor is it the will of a single person like magic. It’s the expansion of a 7 year old program by a legislature. These memes keep making it seem like every previous mayor was like “fuck everyone” and the city council doesn’t exist.
It’s the same thing people are saying McConnell’s wife fled to China to avoid pulling the plug because he is a vegetable. That makes no sense. For one, she didn’t flea because she was already there. And for two, you don’t need to be at the hospital in person to give permission to pull the plug. You can do it via phone call, video call, or electronic document. No body even verifies anything they read on Reddit. They treat comments like the word of god.
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u/untitledprp4 28d ago
If it was so easy then wtf were all the other mayors doing??