First there were the fiscal and police policies of Rudy Giuliani....and then Democrat-Liberal-Republican-Whatever Bloomberg surprised everyone and continued Giuliani's policies!
And they redounded to the benefits of all gothamites!
But now, Obama-like DeBlasio takes over.....woe is me!
1. "Where exactly does Bill de Blasio want to take New York? During the campaign, Mr. de Blasio focused on income inequality but he seems much more concerned about New York having too many rich people (nearly 400,000 millionaires!)
2. ... the number of poor people soared across the country in recent years [Can you say "Obama"?] But New York did better than most. In 2000, New York suffered the 6th highest poverty rate among the 20 biggest cities in the nation; in 2012 that had fallen to 13th. .... As even the New York Times friend to Mr. de Blasio - reported recently, On average, New York had a lower poverty rate, fewer people without health insurance and a higher median household income than other major metropolitan areas.
3. Mr. de Blasio has implied that the growing income gap in New York is the nefarious handiwork of our billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, ... It is instead part of a national trend dating to the 1970s that has rewarded capital at the expense of labor and differentiated more than ever between the highly educated and everyone else.
4. A Congressional Budget Office study reports that household income for the wealthiest one percent nearly tripled between 1979 and 2007 while the bottom 20% of the population saw its income grow by less than 20%. Scholars trace the shift to a growing wage gap and also to changing social structures in particular the emergence of single-parent households.
[ In Alan Reynolds Income and Wealth, he studied the data, and found the following. Certainly the top fifth of households has a far greater proportion of same, but it also has six times as many full-time workers as the bottom fifth, heavily composed of two-earner couples with older children or other relatives who work. The bottom fifth is heavily composed of aged or younger couples, the retired or the still in school.]
5. .... Mr. de Blasios tale of two cities is just that, a tall tale. We have a huge income gap, but that says more about the appeal of New York to some of the wealthiest people in the world people who pay taxes and boost our economy than it does about the lack of opportunity for those at the bottom of the pyramid.
6. ... New York has become home to well-heeled people from Russia, the Middle East, Brazil, China and elsewhere who have flocked to New York looking for a safe haven and who want to enjoy the citys renowned cultural offerings. In the first half of 2013 foreigners poured $1.96 billion into Manhattan real estate alone, ...
7. Not only is the city viewed as practically crime-free; it is also considered a secure place to invest, insulated against whimsical government policies like confiscatory taxes or damaging regulations.
Will Mr. de Blasio safeguard this reputation?
8. Like most liberals, Mr. de Blasio is more concerned with divvying up the pie than increasing it. All New Yorkers benefit from growth. Higher taxes even when only targeted at our top earners do not encourage investment or employment. Just the opposite, as we can see from the sub-par recovery delivered from the Obama administration.
9. ... New York City had emerged as the nations second-largest tech center; five years earlier it wasnt even on the map. Does Mr. de Blasio know how to build new industries?
10. New York polled voters declared that empathy was the attribute they most wanted in our new mayor above management expertise, the ability to attract businesses or anything else.
They got their wish."
De Blasios Dilemma: Too Many Rich People or Too Many Poor People? - The New York Sun
And, let's remember that on Bloomberg's way out, New York City. with a population of over 8 million, and millions more who come into the city to work, daily, will end the year with under 340 murders.
Under our last ultra-Liberal mayor, "from 1992 to1993 under Mayor David Dinkins there were nearly 2,000 murders per year."
Hamill: As NYC crime declines, Bloomberg, Kelly take credit for what Bratton began - NY Daily News
Under Bill DeBlasio?
Fingers crossed.
And they redounded to the benefits of all gothamites!
But now, Obama-like DeBlasio takes over.....woe is me!
1. "Where exactly does Bill de Blasio want to take New York? During the campaign, Mr. de Blasio focused on income inequality but he seems much more concerned about New York having too many rich people (nearly 400,000 millionaires!)
2. ... the number of poor people soared across the country in recent years [Can you say "Obama"?] But New York did better than most. In 2000, New York suffered the 6th highest poverty rate among the 20 biggest cities in the nation; in 2012 that had fallen to 13th. .... As even the New York Times friend to Mr. de Blasio - reported recently, On average, New York had a lower poverty rate, fewer people without health insurance and a higher median household income than other major metropolitan areas.
3. Mr. de Blasio has implied that the growing income gap in New York is the nefarious handiwork of our billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, ... It is instead part of a national trend dating to the 1970s that has rewarded capital at the expense of labor and differentiated more than ever between the highly educated and everyone else.
4. A Congressional Budget Office study reports that household income for the wealthiest one percent nearly tripled between 1979 and 2007 while the bottom 20% of the population saw its income grow by less than 20%. Scholars trace the shift to a growing wage gap and also to changing social structures in particular the emergence of single-parent households.
[ In Alan Reynolds Income and Wealth, he studied the data, and found the following. Certainly the top fifth of households has a far greater proportion of same, but it also has six times as many full-time workers as the bottom fifth, heavily composed of two-earner couples with older children or other relatives who work. The bottom fifth is heavily composed of aged or younger couples, the retired or the still in school.]
5. .... Mr. de Blasios tale of two cities is just that, a tall tale. We have a huge income gap, but that says more about the appeal of New York to some of the wealthiest people in the world people who pay taxes and boost our economy than it does about the lack of opportunity for those at the bottom of the pyramid.
6. ... New York has become home to well-heeled people from Russia, the Middle East, Brazil, China and elsewhere who have flocked to New York looking for a safe haven and who want to enjoy the citys renowned cultural offerings. In the first half of 2013 foreigners poured $1.96 billion into Manhattan real estate alone, ...
7. Not only is the city viewed as practically crime-free; it is also considered a secure place to invest, insulated against whimsical government policies like confiscatory taxes or damaging regulations.
Will Mr. de Blasio safeguard this reputation?
8. Like most liberals, Mr. de Blasio is more concerned with divvying up the pie than increasing it. All New Yorkers benefit from growth. Higher taxes even when only targeted at our top earners do not encourage investment or employment. Just the opposite, as we can see from the sub-par recovery delivered from the Obama administration.
9. ... New York City had emerged as the nations second-largest tech center; five years earlier it wasnt even on the map. Does Mr. de Blasio know how to build new industries?
10. New York polled voters declared that empathy was the attribute they most wanted in our new mayor above management expertise, the ability to attract businesses or anything else.
They got their wish."
De Blasios Dilemma: Too Many Rich People or Too Many Poor People? - The New York Sun
And, let's remember that on Bloomberg's way out, New York City. with a population of over 8 million, and millions more who come into the city to work, daily, will end the year with under 340 murders.
Under our last ultra-Liberal mayor, "from 1992 to1993 under Mayor David Dinkins there were nearly 2,000 murders per year."
Hamill: As NYC crime declines, Bloomberg, Kelly take credit for what Bratton began - NY Daily News
Under Bill DeBlasio?
Fingers crossed.
