"For crying out loud, stop trying to make my life miserable.''

Call 9-1-1! (4.00 / 1)

We need a whaaaaaaaaambulance!

Just more proof that the 2 reforms Albany needs more then anything else are

Full Public Financing of Elections

and

Non-partisan redistricting

Joe Bruno and his cronies think they are entitled to a free ride. Joe Bruno and his cronies are not accountable to the people of the state.

If we want state government that is responsible and accountable to the people of this state then we need elections that actually put their seats at risk. Lifetime appointments to the Senate and Assembly don't cut it.

Full Public Financing of Elections

Non-partisan redistricting

Reform starts there.

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by: Andrew C. White @ Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 19:54:08 PM UTC

You know.... (0.00 / 0)

I don't buy the six years thing...

He's supposed to be passing legislation that will affect people's lives for decades to come...education funding, environmental issues, helath care...do all those issues have a five year shelf life?

Is Joe Bruno only willing to look at things that impact people's lives for five years or less?

We've got some work ahead of us.

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by: NYBri @ Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 21:09:37 PM UTC

Nope (0.00 / 0)

He's only willing to look at things that affect "a lifetime."

His lifetime. His political lifetime. Which at best (or worst depending on which side of the aisle you look at it) is about 4-6 years.

My preference would be about 4-6 months but that's up to the FBI I guess.

Uncle Joe only cares about what is good for Uncle Joe. Right now keeping Republican State Senators happy and safe from voters is what is good for Uncle Joe.

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by: Andrew C. White @ Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 22:38:28 PM UTC

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He ain't seen nothing yet (4.00 / 1)

More misery to come, I have a feeling.

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by: pontificator @ Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 22:35:29 PM UTC

Uncle Joe's gettin' crankier and crankier.... (0.00 / 0)

Posted in the new Democrat and Chronicle Political Blog

Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Bruno has met the enemy and it is me

What, or rather who, is the problem with the state's economy? Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno had a different answer today from what you typically hear.
"You are the problem,'' Bruno sid to me at a press conference today. "You and the (rest of the) media don't get it.''
Bruno went ballistic when I asked him where the money would come from to pay for a $1.3 billion tax cut for busineses he and other Republican senators proposed today. Less aid for schools? Cuts to health care? I suggested, trying to be helpful.
"This is not a cost, sir, this is an investment,'' he said, since the tax cuts down the road will result in more jobs, more economic activity and more tax receipts. The implication was anybody who sees a downside to tax cuts, i.e. less government revenue, is hurting the state by daring to question such a move.
Another reporter took up the cudgel: OK, but within the context of balancing a budget, don't you have to offset a loss of revenue with a reduction in spending, he asked Bruno.
"Any financial plan is a projection,'' Bruno responded, with a not-atypical non-sequitur. He said the state will finish this year with a surplus approaching $2 billion.
But of course in future years, state budget officials are forecasting multi-billion-dollar budget shortfalls, when the tax cuts Bruno is pushing will still be in effect.
Then I was going to ask him about his plans to rein in the state's $48 billion debt (higher than any state except California) but decided to save that for a slow news day.

posted by Jay Gallagher at 5:37 PM

Nemo me impune lacessit - Who the heck is Nemo and why is he speaking Latin?

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by: johnny2855131 @ Wed Jan 10, 2007 at 03:36:16 AM UTC

When are they going to give up the SUpply SIde Myth? (4.00 / 1)

"This is not a cost, sir, this is an investment,'' he said, since the tax cuts down the road will result in more jobs, more economic activity and more tax receipts.

This one ponzi scheme theory has cost us Billions.

We've got some work ahead of us.

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by: NYBri @ Wed Jan 10, 2007 at 04:10:02 AM UTC

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