City officials are thinking of giving one manufacturer the contract to build all of New York's cabs - a change from the currentsituation where 16 different models of taxi are made by nine different manufacturers, although the majority are Ford's Crown Victoria.
To the contrary, as Olmert made clear in his speech on Saturday evening, the goal of the current campaign is simply to "change the situation" in the South.
One, the status quo bias, has to do with our tendency to take our currentsituation as our reference point and to see any change as negative (or at least difficult) and with a high potential for regret.
Attempting to retrospectively change previous pension schemes could not be done - it would be too expensive, especially given the current financial situation.