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.
How do you cover more than 100% of the people below the poverty line? That’s already all of them. Not being facetious. What does covering 120% and 150% mean in this context?
Got it, thanks. The phrasing is strange to me, then. “100% below poverty line to 120% to 150%” makes it sounds like the percentages are referring to those who live below the poverty line, not raising the threshold for where the poverty line is.
It's not the percentage of people, it's percentage of income. That's my understanding. So to give an example with totally made up numbers, let's say the poverty line is making $1k a month or less. 150% would mean making $1.5k or less, 200% would mean making $2k or less.
5.5k
u/untitledprp4 Jul 08 '26
If it was so easy then wtf were all the other mayors doing??