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David Malpass: Bring on the Tax Revolt

“Right now. We could create 300,000 jobs in the six months.”

I found it slightly amusing to hear David Malpass say a “tax revolt” is coming. That’s exactly what happened last year with our county executive race here in Nassau County (where Bruce Blakeman was originally from, before moving into his ivory tower on the upper-east side of Manhattan). We had an actual “Tax Revolt” ballot line, which delivered enough votes to put the under funded longshot challenger Ed Mangano over the Tom Suozzi, the incumbent with a ridonkulous amount of money.

Hmmm…a longshot challenger defeating a well funded incumbent. Interesting…

David Malpass is uniquely qualified to discuss taxes, because while everyone with an (R-State) after there name tried to lay claim to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, Malpass actually helped engineer the Reagan tax cuts while at the Treasury Department. And he took his tax-revolt message to (no sleep ‘til) Brooklyn recently…

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David Malpass and the Fiscal Insanity of Washington

I’m not entirely sure when this happened, but apparently this week the Democrats passed another spending bill, this time to give a financial bailout out to states that have proven to not be good with money in the first place. Surprisingly, New York was in fact one of those states. I know, and we’re usually so fiscally solvent too.

Of course, our two Senators (or one Senator and his marionette) have been celebrating the money we’re getting, using baseball analogies and claiming to have jumped up with joy and did a dance when the bill passed. Setting aside the fact that you would have to be beyond naïve to believe this money is going right to the schools as opposed to the Democrat party’s benefactors in the teachers unions, with most of this debt spending…at what cost is it coming to the tax payers?

Here comes to quote from David Malpass…

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It Begins! Upstate NY Calls on Blakeman to Drop Out

I touched on this a little bit while kibitzing on the NY-1 a few months ago, but as much as I appreciate primaries and honest debate that strengthen the party…money still matters. This is especially true in New York (at least statewide) where starting off with a scarlet letter “R” after your name already starts you at a disadvantage. That said, as of the end of June…

David Malpass – $2,300,000.00 on hand
Bruce Blakeman – $236,247.00 on hand

Que the calls for Blakeman to drop out in 5…4…3…2…
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David Malpass on Financial Reform

The most recent poll (I don’t feel like looking it up) showed that more voters would prefer someone other than Kristen Gilligan than they would Kristen Gilligan (hey, that’s what my Blackberry calls her). While voters haven’t warmed up to any of the Republicans running against her yet, it does leave the opportunity. Enter David Malpass.

Some people just don’t like her playing Fozzy the Bear to Chuck Schumer’s Frank Oz, but for me it’s the lack of authenticity. This was the formerly proud, gun totin’ Blue Dog Democrat who upon being “enlightened” by New York City liberals has turned into an allegedly progressive leader. That’s just the type of gal she is this week.

Malpass? He made a lot of money on Wall Street. Instead of pretending he didn’t or playing the role of some faux populist (like others), he embraces it because it’s that experience that the people of New York need, no matter how much the Democrats look to demonizing anyone who makes more money than you.

And it’s that experience that allows him to come out strongly against the President’s alleged “financial reform” and know what he’s talking aboot…

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People Who Live in Ivory Towers Should Not Throw Stones

In a recent interview with Newsday (which I won’t link to, since they charge people), NY Senate candidate Bruce Blakeman called David Malpass, a rival for the Republican nomination, an “opportunist” from an “ivory tower” who’s “out of touch with the grass roots.”

The picture you’re looking at is Trump Palace, the Upper East Side apartment building where Bruce Blakeman lives.

Now, I’m no fancy Manhattan lawyer. I’m just some schlub from blue collar Long Island. But I gotta be honest with you…that sure does look like an ivory tower to me.

National Review Hearts David Malpass

“For over 20 years, I’ve been writing about and interviewing New York politicians. And it always frustrates, but never surprises, when politicians turn out to be clueless on economics.” - Raymond J. Keating

Ok, so they don’t “heart” him in an official capacity. There was however a great interview with him that touches subtly on why I’m a David Malpass supporter. He’ll make a stellar Senator, but I want the debate more than anything else.

I want the debate in my own party that I feel we desperately need to see who knows the issues and who just knows the catchphrases , and I want the debate against the Democrats in this state who have gotten away with the class warfare rhetoric their union bosses write for them for way too long.

Malpass, along with cats like John Faso and Dan Senor, I feel can win both debates, and do so easily…

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