Most certainly. But it’s his private life. Should he be living in subsidized housing just because people are in tough times? I understand he should make sacrifices but let’s be serious, how much sacrifice can he make living in a fucking mansion.
I’m sure he worked hard to get where he is. I say let him enjoy the fruit of his efforts.
Paterson is not the problem. He’s one of the first politicans to be open about how fucked our budget is and take steps to address it immediately. The longstanding NYS policy to comply with their balanced budget requirement is to rob the future to cover right now.
since he took office, there was allegedly a state wide governmental hiring freeze; however, since that hiring freeze was enacted, the state has hired 20,000 additional employees.
Actually just common sense on their part in ordering a Home Depot rug that looks nice instead of a $21,000 rug for his palace. It’s not like they didn’t know we were heading towards financial issues in this country even last year. No need for an expensive rug.
How come there is no accountability for spending and the waste that gets pushed through? Seriously?
It would be a sign showing that you are trying to help the economy. Spending $21K where that equates to a portion of salary of a person that is getting laid off or losing their job due to the fiscal crisis.
Sorry Mike, we’re going to let you go. We just can’t afford to keep you on. But hey, Patterson has a sweet new rug in his mansion.