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Avatar Ferdinand Cesarano Joe Mama • 2 days ago The fundamental flaw in the New Deal is that it left the private sector standing. If we were smart, we would use the current crisis as an opportunity to nationalise nearly everything and to basically get rid of the private sector. But, because we as a culture are the farthest thing from smart, there is no hope of that. ______________________________________________________ Why do these lowlifes get an oversized voice in American society? Look at the Gothamist comments section on this issue. https://gothamist.com/news/cuomo-state-budget-robust-progressives-call-it-republican-austerity-warfare

Back in early November, we talked about the little-noted demise of two of the weekly local papers in New York City, the Gothamist and DNAinfo. At the time, I noted that it was really a sad development because papers like that have the somewhat unique ability to focus all of their time and resources on covering local news which is often drowned out amidst all the national and global stories which eat up the front pages of the bigger papers. Those two outlets broke many stories about municipal corruption and waste, as well as keeping a finger on the pulse...