Posted on 11/01/2012 12:24:37 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
I am just sitting here in a bizarre sense of smug self-satisfaction reading about New York governor Andrew Cuomo and various Democratic senators and politicians asking the Federal government to pick up 100% of the costs in rebuilding their state and "the greatest city in the world".
Their line of thought? They can't print money like the Federal government can so, buddy, get those printing presses up to speed.
This is one of those road to Damascus moments. What exactly is the role of government? Well we've seen what it is, government is the ultimate tool and the ultimate control for keeping a population dependent across all segments of society.
Governor Chris Christie has asked for a whopping 7 day change in fuel distribution rules to allow New Jersey retailers to be allowed to buy gasoline from outside the state. The EPA is waiving gasoline blend regulations in an attempt to refill tanks in the state with fuel that works, regardless of any other consideration. President Obama has thrown down the gauntlet and said no red tape, just get it done.
Now, isn't it just amazing that suddenly government rules, regulations and stipulations are being acknowledged as problems? Oh, but only for a week or two. Don't get used to it.
Personally I think the thing that I am most personally offended by is that these bluest of blue states are now crying to the rest of the country that they need us to pay for, not now of course but someday (I mean what's $6 billion on top of $17,000,000,000,000.) their reconstruction.
Well folks, lets remember what you poor red state suckers have been told. Without the blue states paying for you you wouldn't exist. The red states are net takers from the Federal pie with more money going to your states than coming from your states. Now remember something, those red states house military bases, those red states build your national defense hardware, those red states grow your food and raise your livestock. That's the majority of the surplus if not its etirety.
In return for doing that for those New Yorkers, they mock you. Sometimes its innocent and annoying belittling you as living in fly over country or living in the sticks. Other times it's just downright hostile. You're a racist, bigoted, homophobe, knuckle dragging teabagger, Reich Winger, Replikkkan et all.
However now, you owe them. You owe them $6,000,000,000 today. You owe them the privilege of paying for rebuilding Tribeca home to Robery DiNiro. You owe them to rebuild the Village where you would be likely spit on and chased out of any establishment for wearing a Romney Ryan t-shirt even today as their elected representatives demand your cash.
You see, I just know how I can really react in a positive manner to such a request. Give us your money, but f you, all of you and the horses you rode in on to give us the check.
You see the mayor of New York has been very concerned with childhood obesity, limiting trans fats New York City restaurants and selling 16 ounce sodas instead of Big Gulps. Protecting lower Manhattan from the sea? Building flood controls for the Brooklyn Battery, PATH and subway tunnels? No, not important. But dammit get those reps from KFC, McDonald's, Coke and Hershey in here! There's a hearing to be had on fat kids!
"New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush." Andrew Cuomo
I don't need to say it, their own governor did. Now you bold, new leader. Lead and figure out a way to pay for it on your own.
We've had it, our sympathy is all used up.
At any rate, you can be sure that Teddy Roosevelt wasn't about to hop on a horse and ride to California for a photo-op with the governor!
Maybe N.Y. should have thought that maybe, just maybe they may need money for ANOTHER disaster before they spent it on bullsh!t projects and government largesse.
“What makes the Big Sh*tty so spoecial?
Let the Liberal Democrtats rebuild their own city. They have certainly stolen many megabucks over the years.
Obama and the Democrats talked about “shovel ready jobs” - and not they are living in one.
Start digging, folks, start digging.
PS You had this happen a few times before, so you had historic warnings and should have bought insurance.
PPS Had you not disarmed yourselves, you would not be cowering in the dark, afraid of the Urban Ferals your Liberalism created.
i just heard this on the radio and came here to verify it. i pay for insurance to cover lose. if i was on a flood plain i would have flood insurance. if i was renting i would have renters’ insurance. it’s the responsible thing to do. if they want 100% they can kiss my flyover country white conservvative patriotic butt. let them pay for their own rebuilding. given it’s been 11 years and the WTC is still not finished, rebuilding after sandy should only take 100 years. corrupt arrogant bastards.
I don’t see why NYC doesn’t just go straight to the Chicoms and cut out the middleman. Probably get a better rate, or maybe just put up the Brooklyn bridge and the WTC as collateral.
Sure, borrow money from China to rebuild from a storm..I wonder what we did in the 1880’s? I guess there weren’t storms back then, or did people take care of themselves. That’s kind of a novel idea, isn’t it?
“It has no utility”
How can successful and apparently intelligent people be so stupid? Gold has utility as among other things currency. In fact it is the most useful currency in human history. It’s a good thing that we have to go dig it up in Africa, because that means thieves with economic degrees from Harvard can’t conjure it up on a computer and steal people’s savings. We guard it because other people want to steal it, which is further proof of it’s usefulness.
The Martian thing is the old John Rawls trick. There lack of knowledge is supposed to be some sort of advantage. Well, if I could explain the laws of human economics to them maybe they’d get it. Why Buffett doesn’t is hard to explain outside of dishonesty.
“It has no utility”
How can successful and apparently intelligent people be so stupid? Gold has utility as among other things currency. In fact it is the most useful currency in human history. It’s a good thing that we have to go dig it up in Africa, because that means thieves with economic degrees from Harvard can’t conjure it up on a computer and steal people’s savings. We guard it because other people want to steal it, which is further proof of it’s usefulness.
The Martian thing is the old John Rawls trick. Their lack of knowledge is supposed to be some sort of advantage. Well, if I could explain the laws of human economics to them maybe they’d get it. Why Buffett doesn’t is hard to explain outside of dishonesty.
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