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Are you throwing "commie" in there as shorthand for something that you think we'll all agree is abhorrent? 'Cause I'm really totally fine with the community getting together and dictating certain things to each other. That's the level we're on here – not state control of the means of production for the benefit of the people collectively.

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The state of New York has lost two Congressional representatives due to its population fleeing for more favorable areas.

New York State is not doing well, and its combination of nanny state, local government corruption and high taxes is not winning in the market place of governments.

If it wasn't for the inheritance of NYC being the capital of the world, NY state would be in seriously dire straits.

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