In January, our administration inherited a $12 billion budget deficit — a fiscal crisis greater than the Great Recession.
Today I am proud to announce that our balanced budget has cleared the final step and passed the New York City Council.
We balanced the budget by taxing the rich and making government more efficient. We did not balance this budget on the backs of working people, and we never will.
Every year that follows will build on these principles: Honest budgeting. Fiscal discipline. Transparent government. And an unwavering belief that working people deserve a government that delivers for them every day.
me: “i’m so tired”
also me: *stays up four more hours because it’s the only time no one’s demanding anything from me and the night feels safe and infinite*
Christopher Nolan says that the ‘SINNERS’ river dance scene (“Rocky Road to Dublin”) is “the most spectacular musical inversion since Kubrick's “Singin in the Rain” from ‘A CLOCKWORK ORANGE’
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The grand contradiction of America is that they need us to keep consuming but they also do not want to pay us. They will shame you for not spending enough while simultaneously not paying you enough to spend.
Dads were right. Walking around with your hands behind your back and looking at everything around with a mild look of disgust and annoyance is so much fun