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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.
Bloomberg is a supporter of illegal immigration, saying that [[New York City]] would "collapse" if they didn't have illegal aliens.
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 11th, Giuliani left office passing on a $4 billion city budget gap, where city law mandates a balanced budget.<ref>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768089.htm</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 11th. 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. On the subject of taxes, Bloomberg has 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 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 11th, Giuliani left office passing on a $4 billion city budget gap, where city law mandates a balanced budget.<ref>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768089.htm</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 11th. 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. On the subject of taxes, Bloomberg has 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>
==2008 Presidential Election==
==2008 Presidential Election==
Though Bloomberg suggested that he might run for President in 2008, he never did.
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]]
Bloomberg's so-called [[crime]]-fighting tactics have 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|gun-grabbing]] [[propaganda]] organization, so-called "[[Mayors Against Illegal Guns]]" ([[MAIG]]). His [[unconstitutional]] [[gun control]] policies and [[dictatorial]] [[executive orders]] have continued those implemented by his predecessor, [[RINO]] [[Rudolph Giuliani]].
[[New York City]] crime statistics for 2007 are the lowest ever recorded for the City. As of December 2007, compared to 2001 figures (the year before Bloomberg took office), shootings are down 11%, murder is down 25%, auto theft is down 55% and major crime overall is down 26%. Of course, neither Bloomberg nor [[MAIG]] can reasonably claim his [[police state]] policies were responsible for the decrease.<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>
[[John R. Lott]] published his research demonstrating that an increase in [[Gun Owners of America|gun ownership]] results in a reduction in crime, because [[guns]] save more lives through [[deterrence]] and [[self-defense]] than they kill.<ref>http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html</ref> The title of his 1999 book, which became a class on the issue of guns, is "[[More Guns, Less Crime]]."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=K6dIvTFsDMkC&dq=John+R+Lott&prev=http://www.google.com/search&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22John+Lott%22 Lott's book on Google Books]</ref> As Lott explained in an interview concerning his book:<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html Interview with John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime]</ref>
{{cquote|[[Criminal]]s are deterred by higher penalties. Just as higher arrest and conviction rates deter crime, so does the risk that someone committing a crime will confront someone able to defend him or herself. There is a strong negative relationship between the number of law-abiding citizens with [[concealed carry|permits]] and the [[crime rate]]—as more people obtain permits there is a greater decline in violent crime rates. For each additional year that a concealed handgun law is in effect the [[murder]] rate declines by 3 percent, rape by 2 percent, and robberies by over 2 percent. [[Concealed carry]] handgun laws reduce violent crime for two reasons. First, they reduce the number of attempted crimes because criminals are uncertain which potential victims can defend themselves. Second, victims who have guns are in a much better position to defend themselves.}}
Lott also observed how large newspapers and major [[mainstream media]] outlets [[Liberal bias|consistently underreported]] the [[defensive]] use of guns to save lives. He found that factual accounts of the defensive use of guns would be reported in small [[rural]] newspapers but omitted from stories in larger papers, and stories that appeared days or weeks later.<ref>[http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/ John Lott's Website]</ref>
[[Meet the Press]]'s [[left-wing]] host [[David Gregory]] interviewed Bloomberg on March 26, 2013 about his [[Demand a Plan]] -- the [[New York]] [[Nanny State]] mayor offered lots of [[gun control|gun-grabbing]] [[propaganda]] and [[liberal deceit]]: See ''Mayor Bloomberg vs. [[Wayne LaPierre]]'' on [[YouTube]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaS6uqbffQc Published on Mar 26, 2013. Recent back to back interviews with Wayne and Bloomberg on [[Meet the Press]]. Bloomberg, as usual, makes himself look like a [[Nanny State]] [[bullying]]. His "[[soda ban]]" also comes up in this conversation. This man has a [[Utopian]] vision and truly believes that he can make better choices for a person than that person can make for themselves.</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[NYC large soda ban]]
* [[Gun control|Gun-grabbing]] of the [[liberal]] [[Nanny state]]-[[Police state]]
*"[[Stop and frisk]]"
* [[Elitist]]
* [[NYC large soda ban]]
* "[[Stop and frisk]]"
* [[Chuck Schumer]] - [[gun control|gun-grabbing]] [[New York]] [[senator]]
* [[Anthony Weiner]] - [[gun control|gun-grabbing]] [[New York]] former U.S. [[Congressman]] resigned due to "sexting" sex scandal.
==References==
==References==
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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.
[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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