Hodgetwins dissect New York City's controversial $15 congestion pricing plan, detailing tiered tolls for taxis, ride-shares, and trucks while addressing exemptions and alleged racial disparities. The host critiques Democratic policies, comparing the city's decline to Detroit, before making explicit misogynistic remarks about women's voting competence. Ultimately, the segment dismisses air quality claims as false and pivots to a Ford F-350 giveaway, highlighting the chaotic blend of urban policy debate and inflammatory rhetoric. [Automatically generated summary]
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New York Congestion Pricing Ploy00:09:17
Yeah, I got a new show for y'all.
Got a damn good show.
Couldn't pay me to live in New York.
Too many people, man.
You know, too many people, and it's just too much diversity, you know?
No, but this is the thing.
Detroit used to be just like New York.
Used to be a bustling city.
What?
Vibrant.
Bustling.
Yeah, bustling.
What the hell does that mean?
Bustling.
I heard a white person say it.
I thought I'd use it.
Okay.
Nothing wrong trying to be like the white man.
White man didn't figure out everything.
No, there's no point in trying to reinvent the wheel.
Yeah, you don't hear too many Negroes saying bustling.
Hey, but anyway, my point is this.
Detroit used to be like New York, but Democratic policies just destroyed that city.
New York is actually going on that same path.
That's...
Yeah, I heard Compton was like that, too.
Compton, California.
Now, Compton's always been a strong.
Harlem, too.
I've seen some pictures.
Now, Harlem.
Harlem and Compton.
Harlem was good.
It got bad, and that's good again because they gentrified it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Raised the taxes up on them fools.
Bust some white people.
I think they brought a bunch of Jews in.
If I remember correctly.
Jews?
Hey, but this is the reason why a lot of people are moving from New York to like Florida and Texas.
Check out what they're proposing in New York.
Sort of the latest cost of living increase for people living and working in the city.
Yeah, we're talking about this hot button issue, congestion pricing.
Today, a board recommended a $15 toll for cars that enter Manhattan at 60th Street and south of that street.
Now, there are some exceptions.
Newsforce Velista, Colorado, is live with the Tales Force.
And guys, after months of speculation, how much is the toll going to be, who won't have to pay the toll, we're finally getting a clear picture of this congestion pricing plan.
And we're also learning that groups who thought they would be exempt, we're talking about people who live in the zone, people who are going to medical appointments in the area, and public sector employees.
We're learning they too will have to pay the toll.
That's crazy.
You know, we'll head New York.
From this Upper West Side Dad.
Because it will affect everybody.
To this hotel doorman.
I don't think it's fair for the regular people that work in the city.
New Yorkers are facing the reality that the country's first congestion pricing program is finally taking shape.
By next spring, the average driver may have to pay a $15 toll for driving on or below 60th Street.
We really made an effort to keep the base toll as low as we possibly could.
The board in charge of coming up with New York's congestion pricing plan revealed the toll pricing structure meant to discourage drivers, improve air quality, and collect $1 billion each year for the MTA.
Customers hailing taxis or hopping into a ride share will have to cover the toll charge.
That's $1.25 for taxi customers, $2.50 for app-based rides.
Box trucks will have to pay $24.
Larger trucks must fork over $36.
Absent this, we're going to be choking in our own traffic.
It's going to affect my pocket, honestly.
It's going to be pretty tough.
The MTA says money from the tolls will go into improving the city's subway and bus networks.
But doorman Orocio Colon is unsure if that investment will make the subways safer.
I don't feel comfortable taking their trains.
New Jersey drivers bracing themselves for a more costly commute on top of the tolls they already pay to cross the Hudson.
Governor Phil Murphy is outraged.
It's ripping off New Jersey commuters to pay for whatever financial failings the MTA has.
We're considering all of our options, including further legal action.
The board is recommending a $5 discount for drivers who use any of the four tunnels to get into the city, but no credit for drivers who cross the George Washington Bridge.
It's a little outrageous, to say the least, especially for somebody that commutes like myself two to three times a week.
I mean, with the cost of living going up, the wages thing, you know.
And just as a reminder, these are the recommendations from the board.
Nothing set in stone yet, but the board projects that there will be a 17% drop fewer cars in the city if this congestion pricing plan goes into effect.
That's 153,000 fewer cars on city streets.
Guys, we'll send it back to you.
Shut up.
This is just a ploy to gain sympathy for the MTA.
This is just a ruse.
They need more money in taxes because all these illegals.
And then you need more money in taxes because everybody's leaving that state.
That's what's really going on.
Has nothing to do with the MTA.
How much money?
It has nothing to do with air quality.
Has nothing to do with none of that.
Yeah, yeah.
Nothing.
So $15.
So that toll is per day.
Hey, Keith, they said they're going to raise money.
Shut up.
You know how much money they're going to raise?
Hey, Keith, let me say something.
Billions of dollars.
Now, they said they was going to raise a billion dollars.
They're going to raise a whole lot more than a billion dollars.
Oh, that's going to be more than a billion dollars.
Yeah.
I remember, I got some experience with that.
Man, we had that company show up in downtown New York.
We got in a cab and went somewhere.
And you can see it in the back of the cab.
You can see it, you know, as the fare goes up.
And then you get your receipt, and it's all these different taxes.
I remember it was a tax for a piss tax.
It was like a commute.
It said commuting tax.
Yeah, a piss tax.
You know, they had a piss tax on that, too.
Remember that one, the piss tax?
Because people getting a tax and piss in it.
So they charge everybody a piss tax.
No, Kim, get serious on this.
Okay.
It was like, I was just joking.
There ain't no such thing as a piss tax.
No, it was, it was a tax.
Remember, also, what kind of, remember?
I was like pissed off.
I got paid.
It was like a $30 cab drive.
I was only in the cab for like five minutes.
And it's like, and then was like all these taxes, like $5 commuter tax, $5 after 6 p.m. driving tax, riding tax.
Like, just because I'm in a cab after 6 p.m., they charge me a tax for that.
That's the Negro tax.
Because all these Negroes robbing people.
They ain't going to say that.
The tax, they ain't going to put Negro tax.
They're just going to put tax after 6 p.m. because they know that's when the Negroes come out.
That's all that is.
Hey, Kim, why are you bringing that up?
Why you...
The Negro tax.
Why you keep like disparaging Negroes?
You didn't have to say it.
Why do you keep joking about them?
Hey, man, I'm a comedian, man.
I crap jokes.
I thought it was a good joke.
Negative tax?
Piss tax?
This is why people are leaving New York, going to Texas, Florida.
It's like, I really, honestly, I want to see that city crumble.
If you're a patriot, hear my call.
Get your shit together.
Move out that state.
I want to see that city crumble.
What's going to happen?
It just takes a little time.
No, see, I'm not going to live that long.
It took some time for Detroit to crumble.
No.
It took some time for Harlem to crumble.
To crumble, right?
No, I want to.
I want to save my lifetime.
I want to save my lifetime.
I want to see.
I just want to see.
It's going to fall.
I want to see it.
California's going to fall.
San Francisco, Chicago, Chicago, all those cities are going to fall.
Everybody's moving out.
It's going to fall.
Give it time.
And it's crazy, man.
With all this inflation, politicians don't really care about their.
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, that's a good point.
Yeah, these Democrats.
Biden's Inflation Act.
Oh, we're bringing down prices for everybody.
But you know, there's a bunch of Democrats up there.
Yeah.
They're actually gonna.
Here's a number of Democrats up there doing that.
And they talk about, oh, we're doing something for the American people.
We're bringing down inflation that Trump caused.
Hey, keep what they're stupid enough to believe it.
They think Trump was the reason why people, all these people underlie themselves because of Kofi.
It was Trump's fault.
They actually believe that.
We're talking about some real stupid people that's easily manipulated.
That's why I think you should take a cognitive test before you can vote.
Especially women, because they're the dumbest.
You know, like AOL.
You didn't get that joke, did you?
What?
You didn't get that joke?
Did you hear that?
What did she say?
He said everybody should take a cognitive test, especially women, because they're the stupidest.
You didn't hear that?
There was a good misogynist.
Hey, Kevin, I went over this with you yesterday.
Why do you keep.
Not all women are stupid.
Democrat women are stupid.
They know that.
They know I'm joking.
It's a misogynistic joke.
It's a joke, man.
What's that one meme company?
They be putting out all them jokes.
All they do is memes.
I'm having a bottom moment.
I can't think of bubbling beef.
Bumbling B.
Yeah, is that what it's called?
Misogynist Jokes and Cognitive Tests00:01:14
What's going on?
It's got to be in.
I forget the name of it.
I know.
Bumbling Bill.
It's not Bumblin' B. What is it?
It's B something.
Yeah.
Now, screw it.
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
We got B in their name.
They crack jokes all the time, man.
But you only get offended when I crack jokes.
No, your jokes count.
Oh, man, you're starting to get liberal on me, man.
Bring back conservative Keith and freedom of speech.
On this show.
That is crazy, man.
That just goes to show you, you dumb nervous, how stupid you are.
They don't care about you.
You're having a hard time putting gas in your tank, putting food on your table, right?
I mean, this is so expensive to get it.
Just to live in New York.
Shut up.
And now, not only that, they said we need a little bit more money for the MTA, which is just a lie.
They said to clean the air, too.
Clean the arrow.
You know, you can't clean the arrow.
You ain't cleaning no air.
Not in New York.
Got a new giveaway going.
We give away a four F-350 and $10,000 in cash.
They're in the win.
Go to fishhogstwins.com.
Anything you buy from the site gets you automatically into the win.
Hey, New Yorkers, y'all stop driving your car so you can clean the arrow.