Election results offer upstate no reprieve from costly policies

The election is over, so we have a brief reprieve from the nonsense and dishonesty that dominates our politics. OK, just kidding. Based on the campaign rhetoric one would think New York had the best economy in the country while leading the nation in unicorns and freebies for people who did not earn it based on our “generous welfare system.” If not for President Donald Trump, Iran’s Mullahs would forget their 1,400-year-old Quranic requirement to destroy everything non-Islamic, and the Chinese would respect Taiwan’s independence. Meanwhile those who oppose “forever wars” fully support keeping the Ukraine war going forever. Senate candidates in Florida and Michigan entertained us with song and dance routines because nothing demonstrates economic and foreign policy expertise like a good hip-hop routine. We could do just as well by electing our government from “Dancing with the Stars.” Missing from the New York political debate was the ridiculous cost of running New York state.

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