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I guess he is calling it like he sees it. Dems destroy, Republicans fix.
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Back at the turn of the 1990s, New York City was a mess. Crime was rampant. The schools were dreadful. Children in foster care were brutalized because–as the head of the Child Welfare Agency said–”oversight is racist.” The mayor was an incompetent. And, above all, the city was run for the benefit of its employees rather than its citizens.
What followed was 20 years of governance by moderate Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. Crime is now at an historic low. The city is booming. There have been improvements in the schools, especially for those who’ve been lucky enough to attend a string of brilliant charter schools in poor neighborhoods like Harlem. The public employees unions still remain the major power brokers in the city, but they’ve been held in check.
That progress is severely threatened now. Two weak Republicans are running and seem distinct underdogs. Unless some non-reactionary Democrat stands up as an independent defender of the public good, the way Ed Koch did 35 years ago, a period of backsliding seems imminent for the city.
So Bloomberg is a republican when republicans agree with him and a democrat when republicans disagree with him? That makes total sense in a bizarro world.
So Bloomberg is a republican when republicans agree with him and a democrat when republicans disagree with him? That makes total sense in a bizarro world.
Bloomberg has switched parties enough that he has no real political affiliation.
I lived in NYC during those years. While Rudy Giuliani is quick to take credit for New York City's crime rate dropping, the violent crime rate dropped by 56 percent during the eight years Giuliani served as mayor. Murder, down nearly two-thirds. Robbery, down 67 percent. Aggravated assault, down 28 percent.
However, violent crime in New York began falling three years before Giuliani took office in 1994, U.S. Justice Department records show. Property crime began falling four years before. The decline accelerated during his administration, but the "turnaround" he claims credit for started before him. Crime was dropping nationally at the same time. The city with the best record for reducing violent crime during this period was liberal San Francisco. Many criminologists believe the decline in New York, as in Chicago, San Diego, Miami and elsewhere, was the result of a complex mix of social and demographic changes, including a break in the crack cocaine epidemic, an improving economy, and increased prison terms for proven lawbreakers.
There was something else going on in the 1990s too that led to NYC's economic recovery -- the stock market was active and Wall Street companies were hiring for well-paid jobs.
Wall Street is a major provider of jobs and taxes for NYC and Wall Street was doing well during this period and it had nothing to do with Republican policies.
What followed was 20 years of governance by moderate Republicans, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.
What do you call a "moderate" Republican?? Pretty much extinct. And the crap about Dems destory, Republicans fix? Right. Bush took over a country that was in terrible shape. After all, it had a good economy, low inflation, low unemployment, a balanced budget and good GDP and was at peace. And he fixed all of that for us didn't he?
Overall, Bloomberg has continued over 15 years of NYC finally being well run. I'd hate to see that reversed. I lived in NYC during the Koch era for a few years, while Dinkins was worse, Koch made a tiny dent on improving things, but the last 15 years have been remarkable.
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