Very interesting prospective on the upcoming contests. I find that most voters are not really aware of the many issues or how the candidate can really effect things. It comes down to things like City services and taqxes which are under the Mayor’s control, not some of the gender issues which are not.
None of those running are bad for our community, it’s just a question as to who’s the best of them.
I stopped listening when the speaker said something like this: “He (Bill diBlasio) wants to raise taxes on people making over $15,000 or $200,000. Don’t we pay enough taxes already?” So, the frum community has an average income of a moderate six figures? This is a political leader who is in touch with his community? This guy has some explaining to do. I will listen to the rest of the interview and see if he does the ‘splainin’.
Whats wrong with Yaakov? Why Jacob? Not cool!
Okey dokey. I listened to the balance of the video. First of all, I do not think the speaker, Rabbi Kornbluh, meant to imply that more taxes on the people earning $200,000 to $500,000 would hit the Boro Park community very hard, at least not directly. I think there is some slippage between what he actually knows and what he says. Or maybe I underestimate the income and wealth of the Boro Park community. So why does he worry about taxes on the wealthy? Maybe he is just an optimist about his own future.
Second of all, he seems to judge candidates by superficial indicators – they come to our events, they get the blessing of the Suchensuch Rav, they understand us because we are also a minority – in 14 minutes he could not discuss any substantive issues.
And, lastly: At the beginning of the interview, he is walking toward the camera. At the end of the interview, instead of walking toward and past the camera, he goes back where he came from by walking away from the camera. Was this whole thing a staged event?
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Very interesting prospective on the upcoming contests. I find that most voters are not really aware of the many issues or how the candidate can really effect things. It comes down to things like City services and taqxes which are under the Mayor’s control, not some of the gender issues which are not.
None of those running are bad for our community, it’s just a question as to who’s the best of them.
I stopped listening when the speaker said something like this: “He (Bill diBlasio) wants to raise taxes on people making over $15,000 or $200,000. Don’t we pay enough taxes already?” So, the frum community has an average income of a moderate six figures? This is a political leader who is in touch with his community? This guy has some explaining to do. I will listen to the rest of the interview and see if he does the ‘splainin’.
Whats wrong with Yaakov? Why Jacob? Not cool!
Okey dokey. I listened to the balance of the video. First of all, I do not think the speaker, Rabbi Kornbluh, meant to imply that more taxes on the people earning $200,000 to $500,000 would hit the Boro Park community very hard, at least not directly. I think there is some slippage between what he actually knows and what he says. Or maybe I underestimate the income and wealth of the Boro Park community. So why does he worry about taxes on the wealthy? Maybe he is just an optimist about his own future.
Second of all, he seems to judge candidates by superficial indicators – they come to our events, they get the blessing of the Suchensuch Rav, they understand us because we are also a minority – in 14 minutes he could not discuss any substantive issues.
And, lastly: At the beginning of the interview, he is walking toward the camera. At the end of the interview, instead of walking toward and past the camera, he goes back where he came from by walking away from the camera. Was this whole thing a staged event?