Prodigal Conservative Cuomo Splurges On Irene, While Liberal Vermonters Proceed Frugally

Thank God, Prince Cuomo is the government dream that New Yorkers want and they deserve to get it good and hard  ~ H. L. Mencken adopted


  A New York Fiscal Conservative
versus Vermont Liberals

Here are the words about Fiscal Conservative Cuomo on the reopening Rt. 73 in the Adirondacks:

 (Although, New York State and local government will pay 25% or more)
"he does not foresee the state having to borrow any money to pay for the cleanup and recovery."
"Cuomo's office inventoried what it took to get both lanes open by Monday: approximately 150,000 tons of stone; a total of 2,700 man-hours of labor; as well as a squadron of trucks, excavators, rollers and tree-removal machinery."
“government actually worked”

(Cuomo shows his toughness and leadership qualities.)
"people jump when the governor says jump."
"either wheels are going to roll or heads are going to roll."
He gave out T-shirts with 'Governor Andrew Cuomo's Labor for your Neighbor Hurricane Clean-Up Team'

(Cuomo overrules the civil engineers.)
"initial analysis projected the repairs taking two months"
"7 days after the Governor promised the highway would be open in 10 days, Rt. 73 reopened".

  Here are the Liberals speaking in Vermont:

"I think the worst thing that we could do for policy-wise or as a state government is to go in and throw money after something where we really haven't made a full assessment in doing that. I think that's where you end up throwing good money after bad,"  said Sen. John Campbell, D-Vt. President Pro Tem

Governor Shumlin says sorting out the costs and who ends up paying for what could take months.  "We're in a long marathon here, not a sprint,"

  After the voters pay the bills, will they want more of  Shumlin and Campbell's liberal frugality or Cuomo's conservative prodigal style?

Perhaps, Cuomo should have heeded that note from his remedial arithmetic tutor.

Dear Andrew,
1. Bye, bye, balanced New York State budget.
  New York economy takes MULTI-BILLION hit from Irene on vital weekend... as experts warn U.S. clean-up cost will outstrip Katrina
2. In construction, the rule is measure twice and cut once.
3. In finance, it's figure the cost first, find the cash second and then spend third.
4. Where are you or the counties or the towns going to get the money?    The tooth fairy doesn't have that 25% share.
5. Did you ask why civil engineers would allow time for compaction of fill material?
6. Overtime and double overtime is expensive and a wise man does his arithmetic.
7.Are these roads just going to be rebuilt in the Spring, because of haste now?
Finally, 1+1=2 applies to thousands and millions and billions of dollars.

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