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You mean all those "New" New York state Pro- business commercials that the state has spent our money on is a lie ? ?

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aQgILlGg1E8

 

 

 

"The New New York": De Niro's Least Convincing Role Since Frankenstein?

 

New York's Empire State Development Corporation has enlisted the Oscar®-caliber talents of Robert De Niro to provide voiceover for a new commercial claiming the state is back in business. Over scenes of the kind of businesses (energy "highways," high-tech "centers") we now know for sure can only be built by government, the weight-gain pioneer with a whopping 94 screen credits intones:

There’s a new New York, one that’s working to attract business and create jobs…nurture start ups and small businesses, reduce tax burdens and provide the lowest middle class tax rate in 58 years. Once again, New York State is a place where innovation meets determination, and where businesses lead the world. The new New York works for business; find out how it can work for yours.

What could be the problem with a major Hollywood star talking up the benefits of low taxes and a pro-business public climate?

Well for one, a public agency with any variant of the word "Development" in its title is like a country with the word "Democratic" in its title: In practice it does the opposite of what it says.

 

 

http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/18/the-new-new-york-de-niros-least-convinci

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