Massive Civil Disobedience Expected Over NY Gun Law (New York, York: crime rate, buying)
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and in the seventies nyc was bailed out by the rest of the state. Things are cyclical, in the 70/80's upstate had manufacturing and was doing well, while nyc struggled. Now, nyc has turned itself into a tourist capital and is doing well. Who knows what will happen next, but to say that nyc is owed any more influence than the rest of the state is a very narrow view of history.
First of all, cyclical means reoccurring. The state bailed out the city once in over 200 years. That's not cyclical.
Secondly, while NYC had a terrible mismanagement problem, the state also had a big hand in the events that caused the city to need a bailout in 1975.
And third, I'm afraid it's you that has a very narrow view if you think the sole reason NYC is thriving now is because of tourism.
At the moment, NYC contributes more to state than any other other region in the state, and will continue to do so considering the lack of economic growth upstate. So to say NYC doesn't deserve influence in state matters is absurd.
Last edited by Astorian31; 02-12-2013 at 09:20 PM..
You Liberals are unbelieveable. Just lay down while slowly your rights are eroding. Play with your iphones, everything will just get better on its own, right?
This generation is an embarrassment to American history.
Most of you know nothing of history, why the constitution was written, or that the Democrats and Republicans are corrupt disgraces to everything that our founding fathers fought for.
You do realize that most of our founding fathers either owned or supported the right to own slaves? Do you support that too?
I'm not saying we should chuck out the constitution and start over, I'm just saying times change, and the constitution needs to be modernized to keep up with society. Look at California, a rape case was thrown out because their state laws don't protect unmarried women. What worked in the 17th century doesn't necessarily work in the 21st century. We're supposed to be a country of innovation and greatness, not a country forever pursuing the ideals of men who lived over 200 years ago in a completely different world.
I'm liberal and I use a Remington 870 police model at work.
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