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'''Michael Rubens Bloomberg''' (born 14 February, 1942 in New York City) is a businessman, philanthropist, funder of Bloomberg L.P., and current Mayor of [[New York City]].  Even though he was a life-long registered [[Democrat]], Michael Bloomberg successfully ran for mayor as a [[Republican]] in 2001 due in large part to the support of popular outgoing mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]], and was reelected to a second term in 2005. Michael Bloomberg is also one of the richest people in the world according to ''Forbes'' magazine, with an estimated net worth of $5.3 billion.  Michael Bloomberg is currently divorced and has 2 children.
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Bloomberg dropped his Republican Party affiliation on June 19, 2007, stating "I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city."<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11203856</ref> Bloomberg is traditionally known as a fiscal [[conservative]] with social liberal tendencies. He is frequently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the [[2008 Presidential Election]].
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'''Michael Rubens Bloomberg''' (born February 14, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloomberg |first1=Michael |url=http://www.mikebloomberg.com/about/ |title=Mike Bloomberg |work=mikebloomberg.com }}</ref>), an [[elitist]] [[New York City]]-[[liberal]] [[gun control|gun grabbing]] American [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[billionaire]] [[politician]], is the founder and primary owner of Bloomberg, L.P., which licenses computer systems for real-time stock quotes to Wall Street and has news-related businesses. He served as mayor of [[New York City]] for three terms, 2002 to 2013. Even though he was a lifelong registered [[Democrat]], Michael Bloomberg successfully ran for mayor as a [[Republican]] in 2001 due in large part to the support of popular outgoing mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]], and was reelected in 2005. 
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He ran for a third term in 2009 as an independent, spending a record-breaking sum—the equivalent of $174.53 per vote (more than ten times his competitor).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Celeste |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/11/28/2009-11-28_mayor_bloomberg_spends_102m_to_win_third_term__or_175_per_vote_.html |title=Mayor Bloomberg spent $102M on campaign to win third term - or $175 per vote  |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=November 27, 2009 }}</ref>  Michael Bloomberg is also one of the richest people in the world according to ''Forbes'' magazine, with an estimated net worth of $17 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Michael-Rubens-Bloomberg_C610.html |title=The 400 Richest Americans |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 21, 2006 }}</ref>  Michael Bloomberg is divorced and has 2 children.
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Bloomberg dropped his Republican Party affiliation on June 19, 2007, stating "I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107202541/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11203856 |title=Bloomberg Drops GOP, Fuels Talk of Presidential Bid |work=[[NPR]] |date=June 20, 2007 }}</ref> Bloomberg is traditionally known as a fiscal [[conservative]] with social liberal tendencies. He was frequently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the [[2008 Presidential Election]].
  
 
==Education==
 
==Education==
Michael Bloomberg holds a Bachelor of Arts & Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.  In 2001, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism established the Bloomberg Chair in Journalism with a gift of $1.5 million from Bloomberg L.P.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/05/bloomberg.html</ref>
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Michael Bloomberg holds a Bachelor of Arts & Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.  In 2001, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism established the Bloomberg Chair in Journalism with a gift of $1.5 million from Bloomberg L.P.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brockway |first1=Kim |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/05/bloomberg.html |title=Bloomberg Chair Established at Journalism School |work=[[Columbia University]] |date=May 4, 2001 }}</ref>
  
==Political views and mayorship==  
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==Political views and Mayoralty==  
Bloomberg has enforced a strengthened cell-phone ban in city schools. Under Mayor Bloomberg, high school graduation rate in New York City has gone up 18% since he took office. He supports [[abortion]] and [[gay]] marriage. Bloomberg was also the most prominent Republican to oppose President [[George W. Bush]]'s nomination to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] of Chief Justice [[John Roberts]].  
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Bloomberg enforced a strengthened cell-phone ban in city schools. Under Mayor Bloomberg, the high school graduation rate in New York City went up 18%. He supports [[abortion]] rights and [[same-sex marriage]]. Bloomberg was also the most prominent Republican to oppose President [[George W. Bush]]'s nomination to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] of Chief Justice [[John Roberts]].  
  
Bloomberg is a supporter of illegal immigration, saying that [[New York City]] would "collapse" if they didn't have illegal aliens. He is against the constitutional right to bear arms and founded the organization "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."
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Bloomberg is a supporter of illegal immigration, saying that [[New York City]] would "collapse" if they didn't have illegal aliens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/07/05/bloomberg-new-york-city-will-collapse-without-illegal-immigrants.html |title=Bloomberg: New York City Will Collapse Without Illegal Immigrants |work=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] |date= July 5, 2006 }}</ref>
  
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Bloomberg introduced a $3 billion tax hike. Critics said he should have cut government spending instead of raising taxes. New York City now has the highest taxes in history. Although he has remained mostly silent on foreign policy, Bloomberg is a supporter of the [[War in Iraq]]. In March, 2007, during a news conference in Staten Island, he said about legislation proposed in Congress calling for a clear timetable for troop withdrawal, "we ask our young men and women to go over and to fight, and if you have a deadline knowing they're pulling out, how can you expect them to defend this country? How can you expect them to go out and put their lives at risk? I just think that's untenable and that this is not a responsible piece of legislation. It is totally separate of how we're conducting the war. It's totally separate of whether we should have been there. The issue that you asked about is plain and simple: Should the Congress pass a law forcing the president to withdraw troops at a given point in time? I think that is not something that is in the country's interest or in the military's interest."
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Bloomberg took office as mayor in January 2002, just four months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Upon taking office, he inherited the largest fiscal crisis in recent New York history. Giuliani spent lavishly during his final year in office, increasing capital spending by 60%. Not anticipating the [[dot-com bubble]] burst and the unforeseen attacks of September 11, Giuliani left office passing on a $4 billion city budget gap, where city law mandates a balanced budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303182233/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768089.htm |title=New York: A Day Late and $4 Billion Short |work=[[Bloomberg|Bloomberg.com]] |date= FEBRUARY 4, 2002 }}</ref> A large portion of New York City's budget are fixed costs. This created a predicament for the fiscally conservative new mayor. Bloomberg made some very unpopular budget cuts in the portions of the budget under his control, even closing many redundant fire-houses, a subject of severe public outcry so soon after September 11. These cuts however, had only marginal effect on the city's budget gap, which was ultimately addressed with the largest property tax increase in the city's history. Later in his second term, Bloomberg lowered property taxes, but not enough to completely remove the increases of his first term. Bloomberg effectively used tax breaks as an incentive to lure companies to the city. When Bloomberg first took office, the city's budget crisis brought threats from Albany that the state may step in and take over the city's finances. By June 2007 S&P (Standard and Poor's) raised New York City's bond rating to AA, the highest bond rating in the city's history.<ref>http://home2.nyc.gov:80/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2007a%2Fpr174-07.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1</ref>
  
Bloomberg has also been criticized by conservatives and libertarians for pushing for New York City's unprecedented ban on trans fats on restaurants.
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Bloomberg was criticized by [[libertarian]]s for pushing for New York City's unprecedented ban on trans fats on restaurants.
  
==Presidential aspirations for 2008==  
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Although he has remained mostly silent on foreign policy, Bloomberg was a supporter of the [[War in Iraq]]. In March, 2007, during a news conference in Staten Island, he said about legislation proposed in Congress calling for a clear timetable for troop withdrawal, "we ask our young men and women to go over and to fight, and if you have a deadline knowing they're pulling out, how can you expect them to defend this country? How can you expect them to go out and put their lives at risk? I just think that's untenable and that this is not a responsible piece of legislation. It is totally separate of how we're conducting the war. It's totally separate of whether we should have been there. The issue that you asked about is plain and simple: Should the Congress pass a law forcing the president to withdraw troops at a given point in time? I think that is not something that is in the country's interest or in the military's interest."
Despite Bloomberg's statements denying any plans, he is often talked about as a potential 2008 independent or Unity08 presidential candidate. Since it's less then 20% of his assets, he could throw one billion dollars of his own money into the race.
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==2008 Presidential Election==
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Though Bloomberg suggested that he might run for President in 2008, he never did.
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==Mayors Against Illegal Guns==
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See main article: [[Mayors Against Illegal Guns]] and [[American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention]]
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Bloomberg has been criticized by the [[NRA]], [[Gun Owners of America]], [[Second Amendment Foundation]] and other [[Second Amendment]] advocates for his position on [[handguns]], having co-founded the [[liberal]] [[gun control]] [[propaganda]] organization, "[[Mayors Against Illegal Guns]]" ("MAIG"). His [[gun control]] policies and [[executive orders]] continued those implemented by his predecessor [[Rudolph Giuliani]].
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New York City crime statistics for 2007 were the lowest ever recorded for the City. As of December 2007, compared to 2001 figures (the year before Bloomberg took office), shootings were down 11%, murder was down 25%, auto theft was down 55% and major crime overall was down 26%.<ref>http://www.nyc.gov:80/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%3A80%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2007b%2Fpr473-07.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1</ref>
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==Strong Multi-Million Dollar Financial Support for "Gun Grabbing"==
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Bloomberg, as a liberal elitist, strongly supports gun control and [[gun free zone]]s and along with [[Bill Gates]] and [[Steve Ballmer]] far outspent the [[NRA]] to multimillion-dollar bankroll [[Washington]] State [[Initiative 594]].<ref>[http://sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/initiatives/FinalText_483.pdf Actual text of the law from WA.gov]. [https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/washington-state-i-594.188268 Northwest Firearms Discussion of the new "gun grabbing" law]</ref> (See [https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/i-594-details.175033 Northwest Firearms Forum], [https://www.nraila.org/articles/20141028/majority-of-washington-state-sheriffs-oppose-i-594 NRA on 594], [https://www.voteno594.com VoteNo594.com]) The newly passed law creates a new progressive [[police state]] bureaucracy with so-called "[[universal background check]]s" (except for criminals who never follow laws) and makes it a felony to temporarily loan a [[gun]] to a relative or friend even while you are at the [[gun range]] practicing together.
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==See also==
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* [[Elitist]]
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* "[[Stop and frisk]]"
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* [[Chuck Schumer]]
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* [[Anthony Weiner]]
  
 
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[http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Michael-Rubens-Bloomberg_C610.html The 400 Richest Americans], ''Forbes magazine'', September 21, 2006.
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Revision as of 17:18, July 27, 2016

Michael Bloomberg
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108th Mayor of New York City
From: January 1, 2002-December 31, 2013
Predecessor Rudolph Giuliani
Successor Bill de Blasio
Information
Party Democrat (until 2001)
Republican (2001-2007)
Independent (2007-Present)
Spouse(s) Susan Brown (div.)
Religion Jewish

Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts[1]), an elitist New York City-liberal gun grabbing American Democratic billionaire politician, is the founder and primary owner of Bloomberg, L.P., which licenses computer systems for real-time stock quotes to Wall Street and has news-related businesses. He served as mayor of New York City for three terms, 2002 to 2013. Even though he was a lifelong registered Democrat, Michael Bloomberg successfully ran for mayor as a Republican in 2001 due in large part to the support of popular outgoing mayor Rudy Giuliani, and was reelected in 2005.

He ran for a third term in 2009 as an independent, spending a record-breaking sum—the equivalent of $174.53 per vote (more than ten times his competitor).[2] Michael Bloomberg is also one of the richest people in the world according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of $17 billion.[3] Michael Bloomberg is divorced and has 2 children.

Bloomberg dropped his Republican Party affiliation on June 19, 2007, stating "I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city."[4] Bloomberg is traditionally known as a fiscal conservative with social liberal tendencies. He was frequently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election.

Education

Michael Bloomberg holds a Bachelor of Arts & Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. In 2001, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism established the Bloomberg Chair in Journalism with a gift of $1.5 million from Bloomberg L.P.[5]

Political views and Mayoralty

Bloomberg enforced a strengthened cell-phone ban in city schools. Under Mayor Bloomberg, the high school graduation rate in New York City went up 18%. He supports abortion rights and same-sex marriage. Bloomberg was also the most prominent Republican to oppose President George W. Bush's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Bloomberg is a supporter of illegal immigration, saying that New York City would "collapse" if they didn't have illegal aliens.[6]

Bloomberg took office as mayor in January 2002, just four months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Upon taking office, he inherited the largest fiscal crisis in recent New York history. Giuliani spent lavishly during his final year in office, increasing capital spending by 60%. Not anticipating the dot-com bubble burst and the unforeseen attacks of September 11, Giuliani left office passing on a $4 billion city budget gap, where city law mandates a balanced budget.[7] A large portion of New York City's budget are fixed costs. This created a predicament for the fiscally conservative new mayor. Bloomberg made some very unpopular budget cuts in the portions of the budget under his control, even closing many redundant fire-houses, a subject of severe public outcry so soon after September 11. These cuts however, had only marginal effect on the city's budget gap, which was ultimately addressed with the largest property tax increase in the city's history. Later in his second term, Bloomberg lowered property taxes, but not enough to completely remove the increases of his first term. Bloomberg effectively used tax breaks as an incentive to lure companies to the city. When Bloomberg first took office, the city's budget crisis brought threats from Albany that the state may step in and take over the city's finances. By June 2007 S&P (Standard and Poor's) raised New York City's bond rating to AA, the highest bond rating in the city's history.[8]

Bloomberg was criticized by libertarians for pushing for New York City's unprecedented ban on trans fats on restaurants.

Although he has remained mostly silent on foreign policy, Bloomberg was a supporter of the War in Iraq. In March, 2007, during a news conference in Staten Island, he said about legislation proposed in Congress calling for a clear timetable for troop withdrawal, "we ask our young men and women to go over and to fight, and if you have a deadline knowing they're pulling out, how can you expect them to defend this country? How can you expect them to go out and put their lives at risk? I just think that's untenable and that this is not a responsible piece of legislation. It is totally separate of how we're conducting the war. It's totally separate of whether we should have been there. The issue that you asked about is plain and simple: Should the Congress pass a law forcing the president to withdraw troops at a given point in time? I think that is not something that is in the country's interest or in the military's interest."

2008 Presidential Election

Though Bloomberg suggested that he might run for President in 2008, he never did.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns

See main article: Mayors Against Illegal Guns and American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention

Bloomberg has been criticized by the NRA, Gun Owners of America, Second Amendment Foundation and other Second Amendment advocates for his position on handguns, having co-founded the liberal gun control propaganda organization, "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" ("MAIG"). His gun control policies and executive orders continued those implemented by his predecessor Rudolph Giuliani.

New York City crime statistics for 2007 were the lowest ever recorded for the City. As of December 2007, compared to 2001 figures (the year before Bloomberg took office), shootings were down 11%, murder was down 25%, auto theft was down 55% and major crime overall was down 26%.[9]

Strong Multi-Million Dollar Financial Support for "Gun Grabbing"

Bloomberg, as a liberal elitist, strongly supports gun control and gun free zones and along with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer far outspent the NRA to multimillion-dollar bankroll Washington State Initiative 594.[10] (See Northwest Firearms Forum, NRA on 594, VoteNo594.com) The newly passed law creates a new progressive police state bureaucracy with so-called "universal background checks" (except for criminals who never follow laws) and makes it a felony to temporarily loan a gun to a relative or friend even while you are at the gun range practicing together.

See also

References