“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it”-Ronald Reagan
Most of the news today is regarding the last two nights of democratic debates and the professional analyzers will tell you all about the various winners and losers from their perspective. Some extol Sen. Gillibrand, some call VP Biden the comeback kid, some even see Sen. Cory Booker as a winner. My assessment, (I readily admit I am not a professional analyst) is that the American public lost and lost big by being subject to the pie-in-the-sky, I will say what you want to hear and promise you the world, empty rhetoric pandering for your vote, being emitted by each democrat on the stage for the last two days, knowing full well that most of the ideas coming forth would bankrupt America.
What are the chances of this happening when the Democrats control the Senate and Assembly? I’d like to know if Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio support this proposal.
It is shameful that Commissioner O’Neill is lashing out at his officers instead of standing up for them. Quoting stats is not how you stand up for the men and woman who put their lives on the line every day for every person in New York City. The men and woman in law enforcement go to work, not looking for accolades for doing their jobs – a special calling to protect others – rather, they just want to do what they swore an oath to do and not be harassed while doing their job. At the very least, the NYPD Commissioner should not be lashing out at them, he should be standing up for them.
Governor, how are things going at the MTA? Not very well according to an analysis by Comptroller DiNapoli. Gee, Governor, it has been under your control for how long and it still isn’t up to par.
Tomorrow would have been Milton Freedman’s 103rd birthday. The Nobel winning conservative economist had some great quotes you may enjoy. I’m having a hard time choosing my favorite, but I will tell you this, I believe #18 describes the Squad.
Talk about chutzpah, really, Mayor de Blasio? Not for anything, but Donald J. Trump, has done more for New York City (and state) than you in your position as Mayor, as Public Advocate or while you were on the City Council. It is amazing and disappointing that you think he will “not be welcomed back” after his term as President ends. Then again, it is amazing that you think you could be elected president.
What is it with liberals? Why do they let a city that has so much to offer, deteriorate to the point that gang members freely disrespect law enforcement officers? Why is Mayor de Blasio silent and not standing up for police officers? When is Governor Cuomo? He rushes to help a stranded car, rushes to rivers/lakes overflowing, makes weather announcements, yet when disrespect is showered on the NYPD, he stands silently by. Shameful. The three men, Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner O’Neill, all owe the men and women of our law enforcement community an apology for stand silently by. Don’t hold your breath waiting for it.
Matt Margolis writes in PJ Media about the time when Governor Cuomo told conservatives they weren’t welcome in New York. And as Matt notes Gov. Jerry Brown told Californians to leave the state also. Mr. Margolis notes that by any standard, Cuomo’s (and Brown’s) comments were the epitome of bigotry, not Trump’s.
Being reminded (not that we can forget) of Governor Cuomo telling us that we are not welcome in New York State, is it any wonder, why we are very concerned about the Financing Commission’s ultimate goal? We are certainly concerned about Jay Jacobs envy of NYC’s campaign financing; “I think we have a model in what the city of New York does,” referencing NYC’s small-dollar-match system as a starting point. Investigate the waste of taxpayers’ money there, Mr. Jacobs, or doesn’t wasting taxpayer’s money concern you? But we are more concerned that this Financing Commission is really set on eliminating Fusion Voting. Is there any doubt that Governor Coumo has a “problem” with our values and has a bigger problem with the fact that the W.F.P. originally endorsed Cynthia Nixon for Governor?
We have been unusually busy today with filing the aftermath of filing a lawsuit challenging the newly formed Financing Commission’s to change and/or abridge state law. If you are on our email list, you have already received our press release, if not, you can read it here. Here are just two of the articles regarding the lawsuit: the Times Union, the NY Daily News.
Ken Girardin writes about Gov. Cuomo’s incredible wind-power pander in The Torch.
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Conservative Party Files Lawsuit to Challenge Commission’s Authority to Change State Law
Brooklyn, NY – The NYS Conservative Party filed a lawsuit on Monday in NYS Supreme Court to prevent the Commission on Public Finance from changing and/or abridging NYS Election Laws as to Fusion Voting. The Conservative Party maintains that this authority rests solely with the NYS Legislature and that the rights of Fusion Voting and cross endorsement are settled law protected by numerous court decisions.
The Conservative Party believes that the Governor cynically aimed to eliminate Fusion Voting in New York State by submitting through the State Budget his creation of a Financing Commission. The Governor and the Legislature overstepped their authority by delegating to this Financing Commission changing or abridging established Election Law and court decisions the Commission has no standing to rewrite.
By permitting the Commission to create laws that interfere with New York’s constitutionally protected right to Fusion Voting, unconstitutionally violates decisions from New York’s highest court as recently as 1973 guaranteeing the rights of Fusion Voting and cross endorsement. Additionally, through legal precedent dating back to the founding of our State, the right to change an enacted law is restricted to the body or higher body that created the law.
Conservative Party State Chairman Jerry Kassar said “I believe this is no more than a power grab by the Governor and Democratic Party to consolidate their control and punish another political party. It is against the interests of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who each year choose to vote for cross endorsed candidates on third party lines. “
We hope you were all able to find some relief from the oppressive heat this weekend, unfortunately parts of Brooklyn suffered another blackout, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo ranting on the terrible service that Con Ed is providing. Crain’s New York Business rightfully points out in a July 18 article that Gov. Andrew Cuomo really should rethink his ranting since it has been the Governor who has “repeatedly made political decisions that have reduced the reliability of New York’s energy infrastructure.” Governor Cuomo, perhaps you should rethink your bullying of Con Ed and apologize to New Yorkers.
Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio offers no solutions and a lot of Hot Air.
Can’t help but agree with the statement that the NY campaign finance panel is already tainted with Jay Jacobs being appointed to serve on it. However, we are strongly opposed to the notion that campaigns should have public financing. The Auburn Citizen should do an in-depth analysis of New York City’s Campaign Financing and they let us know if they still think that is the solution to incumbents being elected. Seems to me the only time you have a change on the NYC Council, is when the incumbents’ term is up. Term limits should be one of the solutions.
How come all the loud-mouth Hollywood types who do little to truly help deserving Americans get all the attention, and a man like Gary Sinise is almost ignored completely? Kudos to Gary Sinise and the others who do not blow their own horn when they do good things.
New York City is more filthy than ever under the stewardship of Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, as all the gains achieved by former law-and-order Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani have been nullified.
Complaints regarding rat infestations have spiked dramatically in recent years, from 12,617 in 2014 to 17,353 last year. The Upper West Side has logged the most complaints, as even the wealthiest of the city are not insulated from these verminous pests.
Mismanagement from de Blasio’s government is causing much of the problem. The New York City Department of Sanitation removed 110 trash cans from the Upper West Side over the last year, causing a trash overflow that has resulted in a feeding frenzy for rodents.
“In the past year, we removed bins in this district because they did not fit the criteria or were being chronically misused,” said Sanitation Department press secretary Dina Montes to the USA Today.
This bright idea from the de Blasio regime has resulted in a major public health crisis that is only worsening. Add this to the massive list of follies and failures from one of the nation’s most reviled mayors.
DEMOCRATS CRY FOUL OVER TRUMP’S TWEETS
The Democratic Party and their partners in the fake news media have created a phony controversy over a series of tweets made by President Donald Trump, which put anti-American liberal radicals such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in their places.
“Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries who governments are a complete and total catastrophe” are “now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful nation on earth, how our government is to be run,” Trump said in his tweets.
“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough,” Trump added.
“Every single member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the president’s racist tweets. To do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office to protect the American people,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said.
Meanwhile, most Democrats are completely silent about the ANTIFA terrorist who echoed the sentiments of Ocasio-Cortez to justify his rampage at a migrant detention center in Tacoma, WA last weekend. It is clear that the Democrats care do not care much about keeping America safe, only scoring cheap political points by whining about nonexistent racism.
STUPIDITY: CUOMO SIGNS BILL BANNING “HAIR DISCRIMINATION”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo never misses an opportunity to placate the childish demands of the entitled victim groups that make up the base of the modern radicalized Democratic Party.
Cuomo signed Assembly Bill 7797 into law last week to ban so-called “hair discrimination” against people of color. There is now a law on the books prohibiting “race discrimination based on natural hair or hairstyles,” as political correctness takes us one more step closer into full-blown idiocracy.
This legislation is designed to protect the feelings of African-American women, who social justice warriors claim are pressured by societal beauty standards into changing their natural hair. This new law is designed to break that stigma and fight follicle oppression.
“For much of our nation’s history, people of color — particularly women — have been marginalized and discriminated against simply because of their hair style or texture,” Cuomo said in a press release about the legislation.
“By signing this bill into law, we are taking an important step toward correcting that history and ensuring people of color are protected from all forms of discrimination,” he added.
Expect many junk lawsuits based on this new infringement upon private business owners, as diversity hustlers exploit the pandering nature of Cuomo and other Democratic politicians to make a fast buck.
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We are supporters of President Donald J. Trump, and like many of our readers, we sometimes cringe when reading his tweets. With that being said, we do not believe he is a racist, but sometimes President Trump does not understand how people react to the words he uses. Kay Cole James, President of the Heritage Foundation, has an excellent article on the damaging words our President said on Sunday. Katrina Trinko, editor-in-chief of the Daily Signal, also has an excellent column on how his use of words actually diminishes the good policies that benefit minorities. Both articles, while rightfully chiding President Trump, show the man as a person truly devoted to the American Dream and wants everyone to benefit by it. Certainly not what the main stream media has reported all this week.
The NY Sun ran this editorial in its July 16 edition. Well worth reading, especially for our younger generation that has been short-changed in learning history.
Kudos to our GOP/Conservative Members of Congress! They did not fall into the democratic theatrical trap they pulled this week and the inappropriate personal attack of Speaker Pelosi on the Congressional floor.
Actually, the Democrats are doing a pretty good job of setting themselves up for defeat with these ideas; Free tuition (no matter how good it sounds to parents, and students, preparing for or in college); Sanctuary cities; denigrating ICE; and silencing free speech.
The Democrats in charge of New York are making it into a place that is terrible for individuals to enjoy the golden years. A Bankrate.com study showed that it is the second worst state for people to retire.
It was ranked the absolute dead last in terms of affordability, but scored poorly on other metrics such as culture, crime, weather and wellness. The Democrats are rapidly bleeding the state dry, as they become more radical in their central planning.
“Where to live is probably one of the most personal decisions one can make because it’s not just about preferences, it’s also about the financial considerations that are associated with it,” said Mark Hamrick, who is the senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com.
The only state that ranked even lower on the list than New York this year is Maryland.
FEMALE SOCCER STARS DISRESPECT FLAG, DEMAND MORE MONEY
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) disrespected their nation’s flag during a gratuitous and profane celebration following their recent gold metal victory.
These narcissistic ladies do not seem to understand the basic laws of supply and demand as well. The USWNT is demanding “equal pay” with their male counterparts despite the fact that they bring in far less revenue.
“We want the same money that the men are making, exactly. That’s $5,000 minimum– that’s– that $8,000– bonus if you tie a game, and the $17,625 if you win. We want equal money,” soccer star Rich Nichols told CBS’ 60 Minutes.
Forbes explains that the men’s World Cup in Russia generated revenues in excess of $6 billion, while the Women’s World Cup is only anticipated to garner $131 million in revenue for the four-year cycle 2019-22. The female soccer players actually are paid a larger percentage of the revenue than the male soccer players.
These women are not only ignorant of our nation’s rich history, but also ignorant of basic economics. We will all be better off when their 15 minutes of fame comes to an end.
BILL DE BLASIO’S WAR AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is on the war path against charter schools, blaming them for having better educational outcomes than the government-run schools that have failed for generations.
“I am angry about the privatizers. I am sick and tired of these efforts to privatize a precious thing we need — public education. I know we’re not supposed to be saying ‘hate’ — our teachers taught us not to — I hate the privatizers and I want to stop them,” de Blasio said.
The administrators and backers of charter schools are fighting back, pointing out that minority children are well-served by their schools and attacking them hurts their opportunities to achieve.
“While he is busy campaigning in distant states and denouncing Democratic leaders for their lack of ideological purity, charter and district educators will continue to work together to create brighter futures for New York City’s children,” said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center.
“It’s sad to see de Blasio trashing charter schools to advance his political ambitions rather than thinking about the needs of the more than 123,000 children here in New York City — most of them children of color — who attend the charter schools he so reviles,” said Ann Powell, who works as spokeswomen for Success Academy Charter Schools,
De Blasio, the self-proclaimed progressive champion of diversity and equality, is yet again failing miserably at achieving his stated goal of improving the lives of the downtrodden.
