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Will The Political Class Ever Be Held Liable For What They've Done?
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Posted by Clem 2020-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 The whole reason they joined the political class is to avoid accountability.

The only other way to achieve that end would be to become a Twitch thot, and that's not an option for the average pol.

I don't expect to see anything happen to them under the current state of affairs.

Posted by charger 2020-05-23 01:00||   2020-05-23 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Will The Political Class Ever Be Held Liable For What They've Done?

I see little evidence which might point to this happening.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-23 02:40||   2020-05-23 02:40|| Front Page Top

#3 The entire point of a committee is to make sure no individual is ever on the hook for any bad decision or the fall-out from same.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-23 03:12||   2020-05-23 03:12|| Front Page Top

#4 They're playing with fire. If they set fire to the place (scorched earth aka if I can't rule, no one will), they'll find that instead of being in charge, they'll be marched up the steps to execution. It's the only way humans seem to learn from a history they've thrown away believing they're above it all.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-23 06:57||   2020-05-23 06:57|| Front Page Top

#5  The entire point of a committee is to make sure no individual is ever on the hook for any bad decision or the fall-out from same.

That's the exact approach of Charlie Baker in Mass. I heard this douchenozzle on Monday, announcing his 4-step plan to 'safely' re-open the economy (that he shut down unilaterally), with some paraphrasing - 'We're going to establish an advisory board, and a working committee to study this matter, and a blue ribbon panel that's really going to study this mattyer', etc. The Beacon Hill / government employee mentality was on full display; my bureaucracy bullshit meter broke instantly.
Posted by Raj 2020-05-23 08:37||   2020-05-23 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Has anyone suggested Cuomo's motivation for returning the sick to the nursing homes was so that the State would not have to pay for their care in the new Javitts Center hospital? 'Stick it to the private sector'?
Posted by Bobby 2020-05-23 08:37||   2020-05-23 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Has anyone suggested Cuomo's motivation for returning the sick to the nursing homes was so
I think he was going for a two-fer. He trims a little off his unfunded pension problem and he gets to inflate his Corvid mortility rate and get more funds.
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-05-23 08:53||   2020-05-23 08:53|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ All the while simply saying he was ... "following guidance from the White House."
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-23 08:59||   2020-05-23 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Ok, so if "sovereign immunity" shields this bastard from criminal charges, can Cuomo nonetheless be sued for civil damages - wrongful death for ex. - by the relatives of the thousands he killed?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-23 09:06||   2020-05-23 09:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Does being a governor absolve you from criminal charges? I should think Cuomo could face manslaughter at the very least. Second Degree murder is not beyond possibility. But he's a hero and orange man bad.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-23 14:07||   2020-05-23 14:07|| Front Page Top

#11 ..its like a cops shooting. They get off but the city/state has to pay restitution. How about one generation exemption from any state income taxation?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-23 15:19||   2020-05-23 15:19|| Front Page Top

#12 #1 The whole reason they joined the political class is to avoid accountability.

License to steal and do other nefarious things. Two systems of justice.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-05-23 16:47||   2020-05-23 16:47|| Front Page Top

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