NY License Plate Scandal

"facw" (facw) 09/04/2019 at 11:05 • Filed to: License Plates, New York, Cuomo, We need ranked choice voting

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This does sort of look like Cuomo rigging things to get the new Tappan Zee on the plate. It’s possible he’s not competent enough for that, and instead he just forced it into the finalist list because he named it after his dad (note: no New Yorker will ever call this the Cuomo bridge).

In any event I think top middle is the best the followed by top left. The bridge is clearly the worst. Making people get new plates sucks, but I wonder if they’ll cave on that. They tried the same thing when they introduced the yellow plates, but pushback meant they let people keep the previous plate (which was much more attractive IMO).

Regardless I’m glad Cuomo isn’t running for president, as much as I’m not a Biden fan (Vote Warren!), I’d like voting for Cuomo even less if he had won the Democratic primary.

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For Sweden > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:22

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Tired: having a functioning subway

Wired: Having EXCELSIOR on license plates

Inspired: Voting for the woman who is copying Trump’s trade policies.

facw > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 11:25

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I hope you don’t mean Warren, as her trade proposal is vastly different from anything Trump has put forth.

For Sweden > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:27

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Trump: Tariffs !

Warren: Tariffs , but with style!

facw > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 11:34

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She came out strongly against Trump’s tariffs, and considers tariffs a tool (one of many) to implement her trade agenda rather than an end in their selves .  

For Sweden > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:36

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Tariffs not only impose immense economic costs but also fail to achieve their primary policy aims and foster political dysfunction along the way.

Thomas Donohue > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:40

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I like the one with the Statue of Liberty.

facw > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 11:40

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I don’t disagree. S he isn’t out there yelling “Tariffs for everyone! ” She’s saying they are one possible tool to ensure a level playing field. Show me a candidate who says they will rule out having tariffs... I’ll wait.

There are legitimate things to complain about with her policy (including, as she notes, the fact that even the US doesn’t meet all of her pre requisites for new trade deals), but there’s nothing there that suggests she’s eager to run around slapping tariffs on everyone.  

facw > Thomas Donohue 09/04/2019 at 11:44

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Nothing can save NJ’s toxic smog plate...

Of course it is rumored that one of the reasons NY switched from the Liberty plate:

To this one:

Was because NY was concerned it could lose the court case case with NJ concerning ownership of the statue and Liberty Island, and it would be embarrassing to have another state’s landmark on their plate. I don’t know if that’s true, but you’ll note the updated Niagara > NYC plate above has added in the statue.  

For Sweden > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:47

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From her campaign literature

And unlike Trump, while I think tariffs are an important tool,

They are not, they are bad.

they are not by themselves a long-term solution to our failed trade agenda and must be part of a broader strategy that this Administration clearly lacks.

Any policy that includes tariffs is bad

facw > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 11:52

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Tariffs are bad but there are things worse than tariffs. She isn’t saying we should have high tariffs.

Again no politician is going to say that you should accept any deal that lowers tariffs regardless of what else it does. Warren is clearly pro-trade, she just wants to make sure that trade deals are targeting the right benefits. I’m quite sure she understands the principle of comparative advantage.

Thomas Donohue > facw 09/04/2019 at 11:53

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NJ is the Garden State!!! Says so right on the standard plate.

I think NY won the lawsuit. NY got Liberty  island above the water line, NJ got the mud below. True story.

Cash Rewards > facw 09/04/2019 at 12:16

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I believe every word of that story. I won a student council election in high school with the same basic shit. Saw a set of twins running for the same spot, decided to run, won handily. This is basic, see through bullshit.

No, no one will ever call it the Cuomo. Get the fuck outta here with that shit. It’s the tappan zee

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 12:48

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Tariffs can be good... Look at the people in the G7, who would complain about everything Trump did except picking up the fight with China.

I say this fully aware that if Warren had her way, NAFTA would look much different... but probably for the betterment of everyone, if perhaps a smaller economic impact on my side of the fence.

Spanfeller is a twat > facw 09/04/2019 at 12:49

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What’s wrong with “The Empire State” ?

To me Excelsior is a mediocre right-off - center wing newspaper

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat 09/04/2019 at 12:52

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The best way to defeat China is the same tac tic used to defeat the Soviet Union: flood the populace with pop music, blue jeans, and fast food.

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 13:00

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But the populance is already cosuming a fuck ton of western crap .

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat 09/04/2019 at 13:01

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Then you give them more of it. When the CCP makes them choose between loyalty to the Party or blue jeans, they will choose blue jeans.

facw > Spanfeller is a twat 09/04/2019 at 13:02

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I don’t think anything is super wrong with it. Excelsior is the state motto though:

It’s also a cool word.

And a cool space ship:

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 13:06

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Or, like with movies, the CCP makes manufacturer s change the Budha from Lucky Brand Jeans with President Xi.

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 09/04/2019 at 15:07

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There are some very big differences between eastern European culture and Chinese culture. One favors stability a lot more than the other.

As a student at an engineering college in Tempe, I can report back that the Chinese are up to their gills in western flair (most of it being made in China).

Also, China knows better than to inva de Afghanistan.

carcrazydan738 > facw 09/04/2019 at 15:11

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Just a way to pull money into Andrew’s Cuomo’s pockets(like he needs any more!)  I’ve had the same plate every time I traded a car in and I don’t want to change it. It’s just another NY rip off

For Sweden > DipodomysDeserti 09/04/2019 at 15:14

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China will invade Afghanistan with the CCP needs more Muslims to lock into camps.