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L. Littlefield (not verified) says:
So here is the second attempt at reform by an insider. I was not that hopeful though initially pleasantly surprised the first time. I am certainly not hopeful now.
It isn't just the leaders, it is certain interests which have a good deal now and demand an even better deal every year, interests with their hooks in one or both parties. Regardless of what Governor Spitzer or Governor Patterson things, one isn't just taking on the personal peccadillos of a few people, but the vested interests of hundreds of thousands, who have grabbed to the detriment of millions of disenfranchised people and the future.
The likely scenario -- institutional collapse on a 1970s NYC scale.
So here is the second attempt at reform by an insider. I was not that hopeful though initially pleasantly surprised the first time. I am certainly not hopeful now.
It isn't just the leaders, it is certain interests which have a good deal now and demand an even better deal every year, interests with their hooks in one or both parties. Regardless of what Governor Spitzer or Governor Patterson things, one isn't just taking on the personal peccadillos of a few people, but the vested interests of hundreds of thousands, who have grabbed to the detriment of millions of disenfranchised people and the future.
The likely scenario -- institutional collapse on a 1970s NYC scale.