Ok, are there really people who choose to vote
Democrat because they actually consider Democrats to be nothing short of
economic geniuses? I think we all know
why it is that most people vote for Democrats, that being, of course, because
it increases the odds of them getting “free stuff.” Because when it comes to all matters
economic, and that may be related to actually growing the economy, Democrats
have proven time and again that they have nothing but a ‘black thumb’. Now you may ask what proof do I have for
making such a declaration. Well,
according to its report “Rich States, Poor States,” the American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC) has concluded that states with more Democrats in
control have poorer economic performance than other states under Republican
control.
ALEC released the following chart showing the top
ten and bottom ten states:
What follows is a breakdown of where control lies in
the bottom ten states. Data mined for
the report include various taxes, minimum wage, number of public employees,
etc.:
#41: Oregon (Dems control the legislature and
governor’s office)
#42: Maine (Dems split control of the legislature
with Republicans)
#43: Hawaii (Dems control the legislature and
governor’s office)
#44: Illinois (Dems control the legislature)
#45: Minnesota (Dems control the governor’s office)
#46: Connecticut (Dems control the legislature and
governor’s office)
#47: California (Dems control the legislature and
governor’s office)
#48: New Jersey (Dems control the legislature)
#49: Vermont (Dems control the legislature)
#50: New York (Dems control the legislature and
governor’s office)
And if we focus on Number 50, New York state, what
we have going on there is really little more than the adding of insult to
injury. Because it’s a new report by the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy that reveals the
effects of Gov. Andy Cuomo's anti-pipeline stance there in his state. The governor, who blocked a gas pipeline last
year and another this month, might need to read this, because it reveals how it
is that his actions are having a terrible effect on his state. In fact, the study revealed: ... the Northeast (New England, New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania) is paying more for natural gas, losing tens of
thousands of jobs and emitting more greenhouse gases than necessary thanks to
“self-imposed” local “pipeline constraints.” Way to go, Andy!
And it this same report that goes on to point out: “The projected loss to the region by 2020
adds up to 78,400 jobs and nearly $7.6 billion in economic activity and “the
displacement of $4.4 billion in labor income.” New York alone would see $1.6
billion less in state GDP and the loss of 17,400 jobs.” And it further pointed out, “Already,
Northeasterners shell out 29 percent more for gas than the US average and 44
percent more for electricity. Industrial customers pay twice the national gas
average — and 62 percent more for power.”
So here we have another Democrat who has made nothing less than a
complete a mess of his state and is still rumored to be considering a run for
president come 2020. Seriously? What level of insanity would be required anyone
to vote for this boob, Cuomo?
The reason why things are so bad there in New York
is because there aren't enough pipelines.
The high prices can be blamed on bottlenecks in the region’s limited distribution
network. Too bad there's not a way to
fix that. Oh wait a minute, THERE
IS! It’s just that leftwing kook, Cuomo,
doesn't like it. When he blocked the
Northern Access and the Constitution pipeline, he cited water concerns. But a New York Post Board Editorial says,
"these projects would’ve been as safe as (or safer than) countless other
water-crossing projects that got approval — and caused no problems — over the
years." Look, the real reason
liberals, like Cuomo, hate money and job creation is simple: they put “the wishes
of environmental groups ahead of the needs and interests of their
constituents.”
I was born and raised in New York and spent the
first 25 years of my life there before finally leaving by way of joining the
military. And it was then that I swore
I’d never go back except to visit family and friends who still live there. After decades of Democrat and RINO Republican
rule in the state, the state has become is a complete mess on nearly every
level. Of course the biggest problem the
state is made to face is that, unfortunately, it’s got New York City attached
to it. My dad used to say that the best
thing New York state could do would be to cut loose the city and cast it adrift
out in the Atlantic. Because the rest of
the state is essentially nothing more than a life support system for a city
that tends to vote a block for every Democrat governor or senator countering
the votes of those who live upstate.
You know, I really have to laugh every time I see
one of those commercials trying to entice folks to come to New York and bring
their businesses there with them. They make the claim that there would be no
taxes for new businesses for 10 years and they also imply that all manner of
businesses have already made the move to New York. But what about the businesses that are
already there, are they made to make up the difference? Also, the free college thing is being used to
try to get people to stay in New York after they graduate. And then we have New York City which is
little more than an anchor that's dragging down the rest of the state, not to
mention a corrupt governor who is obviously running for the White House in the
future. New York taxpayers are paying
for those commercials!
The poor folks who live in the more rural areas New
York State have, for decades, been bled dry all in an effort to kept afloat
those bastions of leftwing lunacy spread throughout the state from Buffalo to
‘The Big Apple’. The state legislature
has been for a century one of the most dysfunctional, and corrupt, state
governments you’ll find anywhere in the country. And it’s regardless of who it is that’s in
control, the Democrats or RINO Republicans, it really doesn't matter. Because when RINOs like Pataki, Carey or
Nelson Rockefeller ran the state it wasn’t in any better shape than it is under
Cuomo. Albany has always been little
more than a cesspool of corruption, it’s just that Cuomo has now taken to a
whole new level.
And then in California, Number 47, we have Gov.
Moonbeam, who must have forgotten that he once promised that all taxes would
first be voted on by the people, because he recently had his Democrat
controlled legislature pass a new gas tax.
Meanwhile the state keeps losing its tax base as existing businesses
keep moving elsewhere, and prospective new businesses are made to jump through
so many hoops that few bother. All the
time the population keeps increasing despite workers moving out with their
companies. So as the state loses tax payers it gains little more than welfare
recipients, whether legally here or not. Americans from other states are
charged substantially higher out of state fees at state universities, but
Mexicans who are here illegally are charged the same amount as resident
Californians.
Look, the American people are literally surrounded
by all manner of evidence that the Democrat way of doing things results in
nothing more than abject misery and the most costly sort of failure. And yet we continue to see, in poll after
poll, how it is that there are still, for whatever reason, a significant number
of Americans who say that the Democrats are better equipped to handle the
economy. Is that not the classic
definition of insanity? Come on people,
wake the f*ck up! Our country is $20
Trillion in debt and somehow we think that the Democrats are the ones to get us
out of debt? It was Barry “Almighty” who
in eight short years increased our nation’s debt by $10 Trillion. Now who in their right mind thinks that was a
good idea. We simply can no afford the
Democrat way of doing things.
No comments:
Post a Comment