Was Sandy a good thing?

Do you classify yourself as a Texan first or as an American first?- Oni

The lower east side and the village was hit the worst, which, as you may or may not know, is mostly small, local businesses. Now they suffer, hard. The comedy clubs, small restaurants, bake shops, coffee shops, hardware stores, etc...are all suffering financially with the MTA shut down. Today is the first day we in the outer boroughs have been able to take SOME trains into the city. Those small shops depend on the transit for their busniess. Plus not to mention the employees, like myself and other comics, musicians and local artist who make their living from performing in the small venues, parks, etc... This will definitely help a portion of NY'rs, those in large union construction companies that will get the large bids. But remember, a lot of the MTA stuff, which took the most damage, is repaired by the city workers. So if anything the city itself will get a bigger budget to work with. Not much for the avergae NY'er. New York ALWAYS comes out ahead. It's New York, baby!'- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.

Why is that? Why does 'right now' matter?- Oni

I missed this point: Well since the gov is using a portion of every citizen's taxes to fund 2 wars and to pay for our own survalance, why not use a small portion to help whenever there is a natural disaster? We'd be using our taxes to help people rather than hurt people, which is nice for a change.On an aside, I think Gov Christie has done a good job at being a loud voice for the people in NJ. In a good way for a change. - Oni

Right, but the question was do you see yourself as an American first or a (whatever state your in) first?Do you care what happens to other Americans like during Katrina or any other natural disaster? Or do you only care about what happens in Texas and helping only those in Texas?- Oni

That one never gets old. I guess the "I as a Texan" stuck out to me, and I was wondering why anyone would identify themselves with a state rather than the country first. I thought you were saying that YOU identified yourself that way. I was just wondering why? is all.But I guess you weren't saying that? I still don't know.- Oni

Gotcha.A lot though would disagree with you, I think. Many people for reasons of money and the meer mention of taxes would tell those (especially in NY, NJ and the New England areas) to fuck off.- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.