NYC Mayor: U.S. 'resembling a third-world country'

NYC Mayor: U.S. 'resembling a third-world country'

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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unleashed another flurry of jabs on Washington, ridiculing the federal government's rebate checks as being "like giving a drink to an alcoholic" on Thursday, and said the presidential candidates are looking for easy solutions to complex economic problems.

The billionaire and potential independent presidential candidate also said the nation "has a balance sheet that's starting to look more and more like a third-world country."

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Heh-I'm starting to like this Bloomberg character. He seems to speak out loud what most of us are thinking. One of the few in the gov not kissing the Dictator's hiney.

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Yeah, but the "like giving a drink to an alcoholic" statement bugs me. What do you make of it?

Giving money to struggling Americans is like giving a drink to an alcoholic? Sounds pretty demeaning to me. MSM would have you believe that most Americans are in debt because they have to buy the latest gadgets and a 50" t.v., etc. with a credit card, and there are those, of course. But I believe the majority of Americans are struggling to survive and keep their homes.

And verbally comparing them to alcoholics is an insult. And insinuates that Americans cannot govern themselves and instead need politicians to do it for them.

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I think he was more making an anology that these 'stimulus' checks are just feeding into the problem of reckless spending policies. I think it was more aimed at the government than the people. Probably a bad anology, but I think his head is in the right place.