Gothamist: City Wants More WTC Health Aid

anonymass

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:53:47 -0500

Well, at least their pension funds are in good hands.

timbnyc

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:24:19 -0500

"We lied to first responders about environmental conditions at WTC and now they're all sick. Can you help us pay for that?"

warren

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:15:40 -0500

I agree with you that there are better ways to use that $1 billion surplus and, yes, this seems like a good use for it. Let's not forget, however, that Bush's EPA told everybody that Ground Zero was safe. Also, the new Congress has only been around for about 45 days or so, which makes comparing them to the Republican-controlled Congress (which has had years to address this issue, but hasn't done squat) kind of pointless.

warren

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:04:29 -0500

warren

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:50:53 -0500

cough

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:19:26 -0500

Seriously Warren, why wait? If the problem is as bad as the politicians want you to believe then why wait? We have money of our own. Why not get started and ask for money at the same time? It's hard not to be cyncial about Congress when the party changes but their inability to accomplish anything remains the same. So I hardly think my attack is "partisan". By saying "current do-nothing congress" I was implying the previous was one "do-nothing" as well. And why blame Bush anyway? Ultimately Congress has to pass the spending bills. If our congresional delegation had tried hard enough they probably could have made their voice heard. Somebody found $15 million in the Federal budget for the Highline renovation. You can't tell me that as the minority party they couldn't have pushed for something 9/11. Bush may suck but you're giving a free pass to Clinton, Schumer, Rangel, etc. They all ran for reelection on their "accomplishments", right?

warren

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:44:40 -0500

Um, right, cough, that's the ticket. Rather than focus on how the Bush administration has failed New York in the wake of 9/11 and what can be done to actually help New Yorkers, let's turn this around into a partisan attack on the Democrats. Brilliant.

D

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:42:06 -0500

Oh god, so sorry about the multiple postings. I assumed it wasn't going through, since there was a time-out message.

D

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:19:52 -0500

Am I the only one who cringes every time I see this angry young man's name in print? It reminds me of the classic New Yorker cartoon a few years ago with someone ordering in a restaurant: "I'll have the misspelled 'Ceaser' salad and the improperly hyphenated osso-buco."

D

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:15:40 -0500

Am I the only one who cringes every time I see this angry young man's name in print? It reminds me of the classic New Yorker cartoon a few years ago of someone ordering in a restaurant: "I'll have the misspelled 'Ceaser' salad and the improperly hyphenated osso-buco."

cough

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:14:17 -0500

Rather than wait for the current Do-Nothing Congress, how about using some of the tax surplus instead of giving real estate tax rebates?