Comments on: The Two Kinds of Pork http://www.policy-wonk.org/erika-rosenberg/the-two-kinds-of-pork/ Let's talk about where we're headed... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott http://www.policy-wonk.org/erika-rosenberg/the-two-kinds-of-pork/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Scott Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:03:48 +0000 http://live.cgr.org/policy-wonk/?p=122#comment-95 Thanks for your continued good work, Erika. More people need to know about this garbage going on in our government. Spitzer is going to have his hands full if he thinks he's going to achieve any genuine reform. Thanks for your continued good work, Erika. More people need to know about this garbage going on in our government. Spitzer is going to have his hands full if he thinks he’s going to achieve any genuine reform.

]]> By: David Lum http://www.policy-wonk.org/erika-rosenberg/the-two-kinds-of-pork/comment-page-1/#comment-96 David Lum Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:35:33 +0000 http://live.cgr.org/policy-wonk/?p=122#comment-96 Thanks for the lesson in the basic economic governance that takes place here in New York. There’s a name for a form of government where the decisions of legislative leaders are kept secret from most citizens. But a couple of decades ago, that type of government ceased: the former Soviet Union broke up. It still exists in Cuba today… and one can see how their economy is doing: similar to upstate New York. All governments reallocate money, and spend. But the spending decisions need to be taken out of a dark room – filled with legislators and lobbyists. The debates need to be made in public. New York’s citizens need to walk into the local office of their legislators, and demand that the legislators bring reform to our dysfunctional government. Walk in and pleasantly ask for an appointment. Please. Thanks for the lesson in the basic economic governance that takes place here in New York. There’s a name for a form of government where the decisions of legislative leaders are kept secret from most citizens.
But a couple of decades ago, that type of government ceased: the former Soviet Union broke up. It still exists in Cuba today… and one can see how their economy is doing: similar to upstate New York.
All governments reallocate money, and spend. But the spending decisions need to be taken out of a dark room – filled with legislators and lobbyists. The debates need to be made in public.
New York’s citizens need to walk into the local office of their legislators, and demand that the legislators bring reform to our dysfunctional government. Walk in and pleasantly ask for an appointment. Please.

]]> By: John Lammers http://www.policy-wonk.org/erika-rosenberg/the-two-kinds-of-pork/comment-page-1/#comment-97 John Lammers Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:46:24 +0000 http://live.cgr.org/policy-wonk/?p=122#comment-97 If you'd like to read more about the abuse of these borrowed pork funds, check out the series by The Syracuse Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/nyslushfunds/ If you’d like to read more about the abuse of these borrowed pork funds, check out the series by The Syracuse Post-Standard.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/nyslushfunds/

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