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Congressional candidate Randy Altschuler endorsed East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson this week in his bid for reelection.
“Bill brings a business approach to government that is sorely lacking in Washington, and he has a strong track record of saying what he is going to do, and then doing what he says,” Mr. Altschuler said in a press release issued on Monday. “That’s a rare quality in elected officials today, and Bill should be commended for the example he sets for all public servants, as well as aspiring public servants like me.”
Mr. Wilkinson, a Republican who is running for his second term, has also been endorsed by State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr.
His opponent, Zachary Cohen, who is running on the Democratic and Working Families lines,... more
“Bill brings a business approach to government that is sorely lacking in Washington, and he has a strong track record of saying what he is going to do, and then doing what he says,” Mr. Altschuler said in a press release issued on Monday. “That’s a rare quality in elected officials today, and Bill should be commended for the example he sets for all public servants, as well as aspiring public servants like me.”
Mr. Wilkinson, a Republican who is running for his second term, has also been endorsed by State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr.
His opponent, Zachary Cohen, who is running on the Democratic and Working Families lines,... more
In the interest of full disclosure,I campaigned and voted for Bishop in the ...more last election and will again this election unless Altshuler becomes a progressive.
Fat chance of that.
Repubs have tried to eliminate Medicare since Roosevelt first proposed it. Really? They didn't tell you? The last time was under Bush, when they called their latest scheme to kill Medicare, "privatization."
After all, who but Razza doesn't know Repubs kowtow to their major supporters? Pharma, oil & gas, mining are the ones who create wealth, not workers, not the middle class. Repubs just wanted to throw Wall St. a little of the action because they're charitable & endlessly ...more give to the deserving rich.
Let's give our Medicare system to an insurance company, after all corporations do a much better job than government, and could never go belly up. They've had business experience! Oops, that elderly couple will be foreclosed out of their home, because their Social ist Security fund was completely lost and they now have no income.
During Bush's last term most workers lost 1/3 to 1/2 of their IRA retirement funds. Poouf. Gone. Would a corporation not honor it medical benefits and retirement money to their retired workers? Lo, and perish the thought. Randy for Randy over and over repeated the teabagers mantra that government could not be trusted, that it is too large, that they have no right to take your hard earned money.
Why should we have to pay for some old couple who didn't save enough for their own retirement? They would prefer to go out Friday & Sat night, party & dance & drink too much. Didn't Randy for Randy save enough so he could retire early? Cite one idea, of his many, Randy for Randy has had and shared with you?.
The hand of the market is the reality of natural law that is not welcomed by big government. ...more Big government is bad, it has fallen far from the blessing of big business. It is the same position stated over and over by the Republican Party: government is a commodity, which can be sold to the highest bidder. Big business is what has made us competetive, what has brought us riches; It is what should govern the polices of a very small government.
Repubs .understand this. In the Citizens United case, Republicans on the Supreme Court endorsed this belief, stating money, like a corpation, is a person with the same Constitutional rights of free speech as any individual in the U.S.
Furthermore, money has the same Constituti0onal rights to privacy and should not be held accountable to public view. The consequences of this decision have been a short-cut denial of what is a democracy. where all persons are said to be created equal with the same rights and entitlements to the pursuit of happiness, because it stated, God is the giver of rights and we are inately endowed in the image of God.
Fundamentalists believe that God bestows wealth on individuals he favors and God wants us all to be blest, full of love and rejoicing in doing his Will, making the Kingdom of God come more fully into our Nation (...thy kingdom come, they will be done, on earth as it is in heaven) whom he indisputably loves above all other earthlings and all their nations.
If the business of government is business, then it has no right to pick favorites or obligation to support others or to tax its citizens if they do not give consent. It is an intensely anti-individualistic government we now have and we should all give government back to corporations who know how to do business.
It is why Altschuler has not one iota of regret for facilitating the firing of thousands of American workers. He has no remorse for forcing families to default on their mortgage, becAUSE they lost their jobs. He is not affected by the economy's tailsping. You see he thinks it quite ok to do others harm if it makes moiney for him. After all he is doing a lot of good helping even poorer workers gain the jobs that Americans once held. He sees there is no moral wrong if its the business of business to make money.
Randy Altschuler has mADe friends and influenced decisions in his switching parties and moving here just to take a job from the incumbent Congressman after shopping districts in NJ to run for office. He is now making inroads with his surplus monies, giving to Repubs who will help him grab the Repub nod for the seat of the Dem Senator, Gillenbrand. He has cast no little money to influence the RNC & the State Repub Committee.. All these rewards from business and God has made Randy a very hungry guy as he knows how to make government work, because he knows business.
Since you so well describe the Burkean philosophy you should also be familiar with the discussions between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke on this very subject.Burke argued for a ruling class and a large underclass,which is exactly what your post supports.
Paine argues that corporations diminish the rights of the individual-what he called the "common rights of national society".
To give corporations rights equal to those of the ...more people is to diminish the rights of citizens because of the financial influence corporations can excercise over government.Government,by design,exists for the benefit of the people and not corporations,which can excercise power over government by using economic power as leverage in its own interests.
Government isn't business,it is the collective will of the people determining their own interests.Corporations have no regard for the best interests of the people.
'Nuff said...
things th make you go hhmmm....
But I lost interest after the 17th. paragraph :)
are you serious?
I've been called many things here including a socialist,a commie and many things I won't repeat.
But that's the first time anyone ever called me a member of that ignorant,stupid,brain-dead collection of morons.
I guess I should be insulted.
when I finally stop laughing.
by the way,on the straightjacket is the symbol for the tea party.
It's their official attire.
This country should, and always must be based on a hard work ethic. We have come to a point in our history, where fiscal megalomaniacs have taken "hard work" coupled with ego, as well as self entitlement, and BURNED the rest of society with income inequality.
There SHOULD be a "safety net" if the unthinkable knocks you flat on your back, or worse in our society. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD NOT BE ABUSED.
We are now beginning to challenge the selfish attitudes and stagnant policies hat began with the 'me first' generation that was ushered in with Reagan.
The tea party interprets the constitution only in the way that conveniently fits its own agenda;it advocates changing it where it supports ...more the true principles this country has a tradition of promoting the spirit of freedom.
All one has to do is look at the policies of the radical right to see that those policies support the restriction of rights like choice,citizenship,education,marriage and economic empowerment of working people.Those who support those rights have no problem making the choice to reject the tea party and what it represents. It's a dead movement-it died of selfishness.
Not only that, but look who funded it. That should tell you all you need to know. They wanted to create "chaos", and now it will burn their ashes so badly, that not even a phoenix could ressurect it.
The Occupy demonstration held last weekend in Sag Harbor drew about 10x as many people as any of the tea party protests held there or anywhere on the east End.
Which movement appears to have captured the publics' response to our current crisis,and who do they appear to blame it on?
If your aspriations are so diligent, why did you leave your home district to fulfill them? Why didn't you leave here, after you lost, like you did your home?
The answer is because you think you smell blood in the water, and believe you can use the current air of political discontent to remove an incumbent. You think you can use the people of this district as your "stepping stone" toward delusions of polititcal granduer?
If ...more the man is such a dutiful "aspiring public servant", why send ONE single job overseas? The answer is glaringly obvious, your BOTTOM LINE, under the guise of helping a "developing country's" economy, not the one in your own nation, right here at home. You'd have more than a few less millions in your pocket if you did.
If you think you can use the people of this district to gain a foothold in government, I hope you are SORELY, sorely mistaken.
That is a good reason to vote for Cohen, though neither the best, nor the only reason. Randy for Randy likes Wilkerson, because he is a light weight. Bishop sees that Cohen is more intelligent, much more knowledgeable on municipal policies and budgets. In fact it was Wilkerson himself who appointed Cohen to head the citizen committee to find recommended actions to turn around EH financial deficit.
Wilkerson did not like the committee's recommendations to find the monies in the town's own policies. They gave specific items by both cutting & raising revenue to turn arounf the town's shortfall. Instead, Wilk issued a 30 million bond, which costs will be much higher future out. He just took on more debt to pay for debt. An expensive way to obtain funds.
However, you are so blinded by your own success, AND fail MISERABLY at not only walking in the shoes of another, but seeing life through their eyes, well...
Since Donald Regan pushed through reform in the early '80's, to the GLBA in 1998, and the commodities, futures modernization act of 2000, there has been nothing BUT solid de-regulation. You can also tack on the clandestine letters to the CFTC that Goldman Sachs corresponded with, which MODIFIED the futures market by CHANGING the definition of a physical hedger. This led to TRILLIONS of dollars pouring into the new betting arena it opened ...more up, and the massive increase in the cost of those commodities.
All these changes to the system (most prominently the GLBA) LED to the fiscal anarchy, that resulted in the crash of 2007. The GLBA also had one other benefit, it LEGALIZED Citigroup, which became lawful as a financial institution EX POST FACTO.
In the past thirty years, we have had nothing but Socialist bailouts for the "rich", who were insulated from the same market forces that everyone else have been forced to suffer from. In the last thirty years, income disparity has increased roughly SIXFOLD, the price of everything has skyrocketed, and the middle class has LOST ground when it comes to salary. In case you missed the most recent census data, the "average" American male earner MAKES LESS NOW, than in 1990. That's a fact.
There's a few trees for you. Maybe you should climb a few yourself.
It is a COMMUNIST (Stalinist) DICTATORSHIP.
If you're going to try and pass someone else off as ignorant, or uninformed, you better be less so.
Just a suggestion.
This is the attitude the OWS movement is protesting-the disdain for working people.
Cappie has no concience and no ethical regard for anyone who works;a perfect example of the arrogant Amerian.
It was a "Socialist" act (TARP), without which businesses like bf's would have FAILED, just like so many thousands of others. It also bears mentioning that all those people whose businesses failed worked just as hard, if not harder.
Government is responsible,particularly republican policies of de-regulation that allows business to take advantage of working and poor peopleNow the people are standing up to it and it scares the hell out of you because all the dishoinest policies you support to advance your greed and ...more ignorance have bee exposed.They can all be traced to the greed of business that was unchecked and allowed to swallow many entire economies.
The tea party failed-it was just a front for the Koch brothers and their interests;now you'll see what a real grass-roots movement looks like.This movement makes the tea party look like-well-a tea party.
They can all be traced to the greed of business that was unchecked and allowed to swallow many entire economies.
We've been down this road before, Bush W was one of the highest regulation presidents in ...more recent history. Don't spew the republican policies of de-regulation falsehoods. The Teat Party policies of the Democrats will fail because it is simply unsustainable. We need to look no further than current conditions in Europe. The Occupy Wall Street degenerates are protesting the wrong street, it should be Pennsylvania Avenue.
Nice double standard.The people recognise and protest financial mismanagement by the people responsible,which includes government but identifies the banks and financial sector,who are primarily rsponsible, and you call them degenerates.You obviously don't have a very high opinion of the American people.
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I am 25. I have a degree, no loans, and no debt. I own a thriving business, a magazine, and can afford all the things that I want. I was born into privilege and have always been insured.
I feel guilty. It breaks my heart to see so many people without the means to survive. I long for change, for equality.
I will camp at Occupy Miami until it’s different. I will rage for progress with ...more my human family.
I am the 99%.
If you honestly get knocked flat on your back, YES, there should be some safety net until you can get back on your feet.
Maybe we could create a few jobs, ferreting out government, and benefit FRAUD.
How is it that a country like Venezuela has FREE health care for everyone, they still have barrios, and they're elite still live "high on the hog"?
Venezuela is a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. Has been since 1958. Chavez was elected to office by the majority of his people, and has been helping make sure the people of the "barrio" have an education, proper medical care, and where they go from there is up to them.
You know nothing of this world, or government, or even the difference between communism, socialism, and democracy.
You sir, are a hard nosed, right wing, ignorant fraud, with ...more delusions of knowledge.
Studen loan debt hits record levels
Maybe goldenboy was being a litle general, and insensitive to those who cannot find work, no matter how many hundreds of resumes they have sent out. Or, toward those small business owners whose clientele have lost their disposable income, and in turn, that business has closed it's doors.
But, I'm more than sure he's not heartless, or ...more empty headed. Maybe he's just not applying them.
Americans who have different opinions should not live in America.
It ain't utopia, but he must be doing something right for his people to love him so much, they manage to defeat a military coup within three days.
Their National Assmebly and every branch, legislative, judicial, citizen, and electoral must be completely "on the take", eh? He must be an absolute GENIUS to cover up such a fraud.
Just quit while you still have some "face" left...
Thanks for illustrating it so well.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Your a liar.
"Villa Grimaldi"
This country has installed more dictators, than it has ever created democracy outside it's borders.
Cuba actually IS a dictatorship. Limited in party politics, freedom of speech, and completely totalitarian. The great thing for South America these days, is that every leader is from the indigenous population. Not some caucasian dictator, or corporatist installed by the CIA to be a puppet, as to exploit the natural resources of a foreign country, and pay pennies on the dollar to the majority of the population. Thereby, exploiting them, and driving them into poverty ...more because all their wealth just flows out of the country. This also happens courtesy of the IMF, who tend to place these countries in an inordinate amount of debt. This is exploitation as well.
If you take an unveiled look at world history, the downfall of any empire, with the exception of a pure communist state, was due to one, simple factor:
HUMAN GREED.
The same thing that has brought this country to not only the highest degree of disparity in it's short, immature history, but also for the second time in less than a century, because the same mistakes were repeated.
Quote:
"The great thing for South America these days, is that every leader is from the indigenous population."
Say what?!
The girls & boys in Brazil, Argentina & Chile look like European Caucasians to me.
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to raza5350 & bigfresh:
If you can find a single authoritative source that claims that Hugo Chavez is NOT the popular choice ...more of the Venezuelan electorate, post it. The claims of irregularities in the elections are not serious enough to cast doubt on his landslide victories. Every executive power he possesses was given him in democratic elections. He took nothing by usurpation. Your counterclaims are made up of whole cloth.
Most Venezuelans LIKE Chavez. He has had lots of oil money to give out and he cocks a snook at the US regularly, a popular political practice in South America.
For example, Pinochet was French, and Spanish. No native blood, whatsoever.
After the boom, and squander of the country's oil industry in the eighties, 2/3 of the country lived in poverty. This guy instituted reform, gave people the right to medical care, and an education, as well as FULL control of the natural resources of their country. Maybe things aren't perfect for them, but they have come a long way from such poverty. Alot of the poor usually received no better than an elementary school education, ...more if that, before Chavez.
If there's no freedom of speech, there sure is alot of video which records dissent from the Aristocrats. But, they are not the majority, they just have the majority of the purchasing rectangles.
Did FDR not do a good job?
We laid down term limits, because of the "Red Scare", mostly because people who have seated themselves in power for life usually have a VERY poor human rights record.
I kind of like that little snippet...
Chavez is NOT an autocrat. All his power was given him by the electorate of Venezuela in democratic elections and he is still subject to the law. Even those who hate him don't claim that his elections and plebiscites were illegitimate but rather that the Venezuelan people have been misled.
Comparing him to Saddam is inappropriate. As far as I know, Saddam ruled by whim. HE was the law, regardless of what legal fictions propped up his dictatorship. His secret police ...more (and his notorious son, Uday) raped, tortured and killed wantonly. Not so Chavez. There is a large anti-Chavez faction in Venezuela and it expresses itself freely and loudly, especially at election time, without fear of reprisal.
You are demonizing Chavez because he is a Socialist. The fact is that he is a stereotypical South American caudillo who is content to rule within the limitations of a democratic state. His power rests not on his control of the repressive forces of the government but on the affection that the people feel for him.
Seriously, dig a little deeper...