Gothamist: Mayor Bloomberg Reveals His Cautious 2007 Budget

Glenn

Fri, 05 May 2006 11:54:37 -0500

Get bent - Here are the Mayor's sources: City">http://www.cgr.org/Data/CGR/Articles/Files/2004%20Fiscal%20Balance%20of%20Revenue%20&%20Expenditure%20NYS.pdf">City Subsidizes rest of NY State from the non-partisan Center for Government Research. New York Subsidizes Rest of Country from the non-partisan Tax Foundation

MT

Fri, 05 May 2006 10:21:24 -0500

WTF are you talking about, lame? I was referring to the fact that the last time the voting public went to the polls with a popular outgoing politician was when Clinton was on the way out and the public elected GWB in a fit of God knows what. I'm just saying I hope that doesn't happen in New York and the majority elects another mayor who can keep the long-term momentum going and won't not screw it up by reverting to partisan politics and pandering to the special interests. It's too easy to make a mistake like that when things are going well. It doesn't matter what party he belongs too. Stop being such a knee-jerk reactionist. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar - it doesn't always have to be a Republican or Democrat, Moderate or Radical.

get bent

Fri, 05 May 2006 09:50:57 -0500

The blue is subsidizing the red? You can have your tax dollars back when Wall Street ends its total screw job to the American investor and worker (pension ripoffs). And while we're at it, where are the military bases in New York City? Right, they're upstate and in the red states. Forgetting the war in Iraq for a minute the US Navy is what makes global shipping possible and hence makes global investing a reality. Speaking of shipping, New York is a has-been in port trade. Your tax dollars pay for ports in Virginia and Newark. Where is you food grown? Red states. I'd gladly eliminate farm subsidies. Then New York can pay higher taxes to feed the poor when food prices rise. I guess New York will have no problems since it inly has the worst income inequality in the country. And I see the blue states are just paving the way on energy independence. Bravo! If you can point to one legitimate study that shows the methodology of this myth about tax dollars and red/blue states do provide it.

lame

Fri, 05 May 2006 09:43:35 -0500

MT, do you really feel better when you go online and rant like a lunatic. It's 2006 and you're still living back in 2000. To be cliche, you aren't part of the solution. Maybe the Democrats could learn something here. When faced with the ultra liberal the Democrats nominate for Mayor and the "Republican" the voters have opted for the moderate choice FOUR TIMES IN A ROW (even if you don't think Giuliani is a moderate). Stop pandering to the base.

Glenn

Fri, 05 May 2006 08:57:12 -0500

You know, I'm really starting to like that whole decentralization thing the repubs talked about when they were out of power. So the city is losing $22 billion every year to the state and Federal Government - basically the bluest part of the country subsidizing the red areas of Upstate NY and the Red States. Can we file for a refund?

MT

Fri, 05 May 2006 08:22:13 -0500

Hopefully New York City will remember the benefits of having a practical mayor at the next election. Let's not throw all this away by electing some crackhead like we did when Clinton left office in Washington.