What is this? Gaslighting? Misdirection? Whatever it is, it’s unethical.
But typical.
“I always have and I always will fight to put more money in the pockets of everyday New Yorkers,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said, as she imposed a new 9 dollar commuter toll on New Yorkers who drive into the Manhattan business district. How is a new toll that will go into effect in January 2025 for the first tine saving New Yorkers money by putting more money in their pockets? It isn’t.
Follow closely, now. The original “NYC congestion plan” was supposed to cost $15 when it was proposed, but the plan was suspended by Hochul until after the election, because she was afraid it would cost her party votes. Now that the election is safely over in the state, she’s reinstating the plan, but at a lower cost. Nonetheless, lowering the cost of a new state expense being imposed on commuters isn’t putting more money in anyone’s pocket but the state’s. The new toll takes money away from commuters, just not as much money as was originally announced.
I’m not evaluating whether the toll is a responsible and fair policy; I don’t care. I do care about the apparently never-ending “It isn’t what it is” addiction of elected officials who try their damnedest to confuse and mislead the public. Hochul is literally saying to the public, “Be grateful that I’m not taking more of your money than I might. Why, it’s almost like I am giving you money!”
No, charging commuters more than nothing, which is what they had been paying to come into Manhattan, is taking money, not giving it. War is Peace, and the state taking your money is putting money in your pocket, because it could be taking even more.
Got it.
Ethics Alarms 
Moral of the Story
Beware when Democrats say they’re going to save you money, the opposite is likely the real truth.
Democrats have shown me over and over again for the last 15+ years that I cannot trust anything that comes out of their mouth’s. Their truth is almost always laced with twisted propaganda and/or outright lies. Beware and openly skeptical of everything Democrats say.
Democrats made their bed.
George Harrison said it beautifully:
“Let me tell you how it will be:
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman
“Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don’t take it all.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.”
jvb
Obviously, The Beatles had some very personal experience with a confiscatory tax regime. I guess when we were just non-earning kids at the time, this song was just a bit of a curiosity. Funny.
War is peace, peace is war.
More taxes saves you money.
We must ban our political opponents to save democracy!
The last one isn’t hyperbole anymore. It looks like Germany will quickly ban the AfD before the next election because they can’t form a government without them. They have to ban the party because the will of the people is getting in the way of democracy.
“Being progressive, in the best sense of that term, means putting the interests of the most vulnerable above one’s own comfort.”
I guess Dem pols are among the most vulnerable. Surprise!
This is one of the big problems with the left, they are a bunch of buzzkills. In their mind, until the whole world is happy, no one is allowed to be happy. Until no one is starving, no one can eat. Until everyone owns a home, you can’t own one. Until we ‘save the planet’, you have to eat terrible food, get rid of your car, unplug your house, and go live in a cave and die. This is the mentality of the emotionally stunted, lazy, small thinking, narcissist. This is someone who doesn’t want to work to do something important, so they insist they are important because they CARE and don’t you forget it!
Hair shirts are next.
Somebody who escaped from Soviet occupied eastern Europe said Communists want to create income equality by making everyone poor. Except those in charge. Of course, you don’t see Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren living in public housing.