[JrsyJack]

So within 48 hours of the Obama miracle 2 major eastern city mayors have decided to announce budget shortfalls, rolling back or suspension of tax reductions and service cuts. Yet, nowhere in neither Nutter's nor Bloomberg's statement do I see one word about reducing the size of the bureaucracy of government.

These people will never learn. They will have to endure the closing of rec centers, the laying off of police and fire personnel, rising wage taxes and municipal service fees.

All that being said, I have not one ounce of sympathy for the residents of Philly or NY. They elect these people over and over, they elect the same types of people for President, Senator and Congress. Suffer in your self-made misery. I have enough misery in NJ without worrying about the decline of Phila. to a second rate, has-been city.

[JrsyJack]

To address the even bigger figure, scheduled city-funded cuts in the business and wage taxes will be frozen until fiscal 2015,

Someone please explain to me what a city funded tax cut is. Taking less of someone elses money is not a city expenditure.

I fear we will see this tactic used across the board, up to and including the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the "suspension" of the promised cuts for "95% of working families."

[Stentor]

I have enough misery in NJ without worrying about the decline of Phila. to a second rate, has-been city.

Nah. We're on 5th rate. By the way, I am already seeing attitude from Bambi's constituents.

[Clemenza]

Us folks from the NYC area make fun of Philly for a reason. It was a great place 200 years ago.