Mario Cuomo: Conservatism in Four Minutes or Less

At an awesome Drum Major Institute event on "Is New York City Still a Middle-Class Town?," former Governor Mario Cuomo gives his three-and-a-half minute run-down of conservatism's "starve the beast" approach to government.

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[billybluesrock]

do you see what i see?...a man with vision,integrity,character,and guts....and his name is Mario Cuomo!

[sharonkend]

What a common sense vision: Government needs to for us collectively what we cannot do for ourselves individually--no more, no less. A rising tide does lift all boats (not just the yachts). Trickle down does not trickle at all. Keep talking, Mario.

[mrjiveyjr]

King Andrew is the opposite of his father.

[BAhern63]

"You're all basically fucked!"--- Gordon Gekko

[mpeindms]

@angryliberal1984 I'm not so sure about his son, Andrew, but Mario Cuomo would have made a great president and/or supreme court justice, two positions he was considered for by so many. Unfortunately for this country, he was even wiser than us and declined consideration for both. It is a sad fact of current life that the best qualified are driven out of politics by those who HATE and LIE and make up untruths about the best qualifed candidates.

[noonze1]

The guy gives a great speech. It must feel great to make eloquent speeches about 'lifting up' the poor and the disadvantaged and the homeless. We can just keep taxing those who produce and giving everything to those who don't...more and more government...more and more taxes. We can do all this and ignore the fact that these socialist policies have failed, every time, everywhere. We'll forget the trillions spent on burnt out, government-welfare cities. Because Mario makes it sound so good.

[OfficialCorruption]

The beast? That's your boy Andrew Cuomo who protected the wife beater. How wrong it is to cover up a crime just because the Judge is associated with your crime family. Billions of dollars from which to scam is no excuse for what Andrew did. Cuomo, Peck, Lehman - your son is a dirt bag. Mario - it's not too late to try to make your son into a respectful man.

[idicula1979]

The problem with the world is we forget the ones that came before us, and Mario Cuomo is one of the greats.

[STU676]

@angryliberal1984

I sure hope his sone somehow loses. But hell win and then we're screwed as we were with daddy

[STU676]

Oh, won't he ever go away

[angryliberal1984]

New Yorkers!!! Do you see the greatness you lost when you lost this great man? Elect his son - get some of that greatness back!!!

[infinitefathom]

@dgiacomo

Italian immigrants would never have been able to even enter the country if it wasn't for the government giving them a clear path to do it. The nativist movement at that time was too powerful. When the government "gets out of the way," the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Although you are partly right, our elected officials do have to know where to draw the line.