Posted on 12/27/2018 6:00:20 AM PST by Lazamataz
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, in a fiery address on Monday, declared New York independent from the federal government.
Invoking the Revolutionary War, the third-term Democratic governor said the state must stand up to what he describes as a federal assault on the states values, while outlining his 20-point agenda for the coming legislative session.
Ladies and gentlemen, this nation is in crisis. The social fabric is fraying and it is nearing its breaking point, he said. We must stand up to this tyranny once again. Not with muskets the way our founders did. But with our voices and our votes and with the power and example of our action here in New York.
His agenda, which includes marijuana legalization, gun control measures, and environmental protections, is New Yorks Declaration of Independence, Cuomo said.
We disconnect from the nationalism, and the racism, and the chaos, and the xenophobia, and the misogyny, and the discrimination, and the dissembling of this Washington administration.
As our forefathers rebelled against England resenting the kings values and abuse, let us announce New Yorks rebellion from the current federal policies, he said.
Read more about his 2019 agenda here.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.timesunion.com ...
Good, no more money. And don’t call when a disaster strikes.
Cuomo and New York have no values and no patriotism!
Yep. Impound not only that, but refuse to seat the entire New York delegation in the new session of congress.
Except that George Washington Plunkett was careful to distinguish between honest graft and dishonest graft. Plunkett shunned dishonest graft.
Today's counterparts make no such distinction.
Nationalize New York (and California)
Cut off NYC from the state and nationalize the city as a separate territory.
Arrest and immediately exile the governor and others as necessary to a distant location with no communications or access to lawyers. the establishment of a Democrat island will allow them to kill each other as they fight over power and control.
If there is no American law, then there is no American law.
To be safe, we should probably throw in Delaware and Maryland as well. May as well let the Mavens of Washington DC live in a foreign country that is more to their liking as well.
Fine. No federal money to NY. Now, if only CA would do the same.
That’s going to end well ...
Might want to take a look at this:
It was an eye-opener for me!
More posturing by New York libs. Scapegoating the big bad Republican. Nothing new:
Infamous Drop Dead Was Never Said by Ford
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/nyregion/28veto.html
Mr. Ford never explicitly said drop dead. Yet those two words, arguably the essence of his remarks as encapsulated in the immortal headline, would, as he later acknowledged, cost him the presidency the following year, after Jimmy Carter, nominated by the Democrats in New York, narrowly carried the state.
It more than annoyed me because it wasnt accurate, he recalled years later. It was very unfair.
That view is echoed in an evolving version of historical revisionism. Only two months after saying or meaning or merely implying drop dead or, perhaps, resorting to tough love by holding the citys feet to the fire Mr. Ford signed legislation to provide federal loans to the city, which were repaid with interest.
Gov. Hugh L. Carey, among others, argues that Mr. Fords public recalcitrance bought time for the city to make its case to an even more reluctant Congress. (He told me he didnt have the votes, Mr. Carey recalled Mr. Ford saying.
Gosh, feels like 1860 all over again.
He’s running.
Good. Well just pull all money. Desert all reps (bye bye Chuckie and Kristen) and be done with them
Stop all federal funds to New York. Put tarrifs on all interstate trade with them. Stop accepting their voter rights. Kick out all their congressmen and Senators. Place toll booths on all roads in or out.
“I want my $12,000 back I had to pay for my Obamacare”
So does my hubby who was forced to use it for a couple years — especially the ob-gyn fees. Boy, did that ever frost his ass!
This vid is applicable to the NY situation, as NY descends into anarchy, lawlessness et al -
“The difference between 1st world countries and 3rd world countries”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdRc6WwuB4 by John Mark
Appears as he is looking for a way to roll withheld federal income tax dollars from NY citizens into his state coffers. I doubt with the vast number of welfare staters in NY that they would look kindly on NY making it where they get no IRS refunds from the EIC golden goose.
I LOVE th8s plan for NY. only bad thing is POTUS is from NY. his business headquarters AND family are in NY. Cuomo is a TOTAL ASSHAT!!!
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