http://my.firedoglake.com/ellinorianne/2011/01/01/dismantling-the-greater-good/David Sirota wrote about the failing public services in New York City due to lack of funding, New York Provides A Snowy Glimpse Into America’s Future but leaves out one important issue, it’s not an accident.
“Welcome to the New Normal.”
Those words should be displayed at New York’s airports as a welcome to bedraggled travelers during the Northeast’s latest “snowpocalypse.” Why? Because the Big Apple’s much-lamented paralysis this week is a critical cautionary tale for everyone. As I show in my new newspaper column, the episode warns us about the kind of thing that’s likely coming to the rest of America as we now willfully mix three toxic problems.
Those toxic issues are climate change denial, the “conservatives’ anti-tax, budget-cutting religion” and plutocracy. All of these are connected and on purpose. It’s all part of the bathtub scheme dreamed up by Grover Norquist.
When Government fails due to lack of funding it further puts people in the corner of seeing Government as incompetent and useless. This is a win for the anti-Government party of no. I don’t think Democrats ask Republicans who run for office during their campaigns this question enough, “Exactly why do you want to run something you so outwardly despise?”
Progressives see the flawed nature in our Government, the fact that it fails to work for most people, meaning the bottom 95%, is the reason we fight for tougher regulation, campaign finance reform, etc. But the outcome of the last 30 years has brought us regulations that’s too complex for most people and perfect for people who can afford legions of lawyers.
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