Wednesday, February 23, 2011

New Prick City

From Pimp of the Oligarchs, this week's balm for the heart. Michael Bloomberg announces, in spite of a $2,000,000,000 increase in Wall Street tax revenue (out of a record-smashing $30,000,000,000 in new Wall Street profit), these cuts:
The closing of 100 Senior Centers, eliminating the single daily meal most of the elderly eat there, causing further isolation and loneliness.

The firing of 110 caseworkers who visit the elderly.

Eliminating day-care subsidies for 17,000 poor children, adding to the 14,000 cut over the past two years.

$200,000,000 eliminated in rent subsidies for the poor.

The closing of 20 fire stations, all in poor or working class neighborhoods.

The closing of 22 public elementary schools, all in poor or working class neighborhoods.

The firing of over 6,000 public school teachers.


Matt Taibbi.