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Cuomo's 2016 Path to the White House: Kill The Middle Class
from the Working Life blog:
Cuomo's 2016 Path to the White House: Kill The Middle Class
by Jonathan Tasini
Thursday 15 of March, 2012
If you are one who is already bored by the 2012 elections and the rhetorical, mind-numbing repetition, here's a little taste of what you can expect all the way into the distant future of 2016. The poodle-for-the-rich governor of New York has determined that his path to the White House in 2016--and, despite the boring typical political dialogue, he is running--is to go after the people who have really destroyed the economy...you know, the teachers, firefighters and other public workers. I admit bias: I've thought this guy is the bottom of the pond for a very long time and nothing will change my mind, polls be damned.
Ah, yes, the great success:
Lawmakers on Thursday morning approved a hard-fought measure to cut the retirement benefits for future public employees in New York City and across the state, dealing a defeat to labor unions at the end of a dramatic all-night session.
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“This bold and transformational pension reform plan is a historic win for New York taxpayers and municipalities,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. “Without this critical reform, New Yorkers would have seen significant tax increases, as well as layoffs to teachers, firefighters and police.”
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“This bold and transformational pension reform plan is a historic win for New York taxpayers and municipalities,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. “Without this critical reform, New Yorkers would have seen significant tax increases, as well as layoffs to teachers, firefighters and police.”
Really? Danny Donohue, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, has it right:
“This deal is about politicians standing with the 1 percent — the wealthiest New Yorkers — to give them a better break while telling nurses, bus drivers, teachers, secretaries, and laborers to put up and shut up,” Mr. Donohue said after the vote approving the pension changes.
So, here are some truths and lies--as in in the real world, not the world the poodle-for-the-rich governor inhabits where the only calculation is which rich donor he has to keep happy to oil his political path. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.workinglife.org/blogs/view_post.php?content_id=15363
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