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Making Parks Decent Again

Simply stated, isn't Ms Kressel's argument that all private business is bad, as are all people who have the means and inclination to donate to and support a cause such as this one? Her perspective seems to be familar; increase taxes so government can do it all. Private business is bad. Individuals aren't capable of taking care of the issue, whatever it might be, locally.

Another fine perspective on the American condition John, thanks!What this article also seems to point to is that our govt. on the municipal, state and federal levels has grown itself to a point where it's become so over-regulating, over-reaching and over-laden with layer upon layer of ineffectual policy as to have made itself totally ineffective at accomplishing anything of relevance.Really, when the govt. claims they can't even manage public common areas like parks, what possibility truly exists that they should even contemplate regulation, much less legislation regarding matters of any real socio-political relevance? If one simply looks backward to a point 100 years ago, we were the most prosperous country on the globe ..... and that didn't require taxation, nor regulation of every iota of life here in these United States.Sometimes the past can reveal some interesting clues in how we could best move forward, and just perhaps, today is one of those times ;>)

I love it!! Typical liberal!Shirley Kressel says, "We can afford our public realm. We're entitled to it. We pay taxes, and that's the government's job."Who's the "We" in "We can afford our public realm"? If by "We" she means the small percentage of rich people who pay the large percentage of the cost, I think she meant to say, "They can pay for my public realm".And where in the Constitution does it say we are entitled to public space, let alone anything else? There are certain rights delineated in that document, but I haven't seen ANY entitlements.As for paying taxes, WE are almost to the point where half of US don't pay taxes anymore. Some are even paid a net income on April 15th. That makes about half of us not tax payers, but the net recipients of public charity (better known as welfare).Lastly, where does it say that it's the governments job to provide a public realm?

Let's apply this kind of thinking to Indian reservations. Give all the land to the residents, the Indians. They're living in a situtation similar to Plymouth Colony when it was a commune - everyone was poor. The Indians themselves should decide to overthrow their communal ownership and convert it all to private property to be used or sold as they see fit.

Shirley Kressel is a true picture of a socialist. Give me "your" stuff so I can have what "I" want. It's your duty.Great article and show John.It's amazing how you can show them proof that private donations work but they refuse to "see".Socialist can not be reasoned with but it show the rest of us there is another way.

Ms. Kressel is the eiptome of the Liberal. Private, willing donations are bad. "(W)e don't need ... to teach our next generation of children that the only way they can get a public realm is as the charity ward of rich people and corporations." Yet it's perfectly fine in her mind to stip money from people by force (taxes) to provide HER vision of a "public realm."Maybe it's time to teach our children that if they want something, they have to work for it. It isn't the government's job to provide a park or anything else for their pleasure and convenience.

Ms. Kressel misses the point!!This is communalism at it's best!Private citizens donating their wealth for a "profit".I'll guess that even those businesses that do not contribute, gain.This is how Capitalism works. I want it, I'm willing to work for it, I'm willing to pay for it.

"(W)e don't need ... to teach our next generation of children that the only way they can get a public realm is as the charity ward of rich people and corporations,". Instead, she'd rather teach our next generation to be the charity ward of the government. What a (fill in the blank).

The job description for the congress is Article one Section eight or our wonderful constitution - - - -No where does it mention PARKs So where does the liberals get the idea about what congress can do? ???

If a private company can do a better job than the government and make some money for their business and it does not cost the taxpayers a dime? It's a win, win,win result.Thanks John. Keep up the great work.

Shirley Kessler is a typical Liberal Loon. LOL! I'd like to her frequent parks when they are overrun by homeless people, drug dealers, prostitutes etc. Proof that shirley is 200 percent wrong in her Loony ideals is the difference between what Bryant Park '& Central Park used to look like and what it looks like today.

The logical sane people in the world really need to stop entertaining twits like Shirley. Just ignore them cause what they have to say is of no common sense anyway