Crotonites were present among activists from all over North Westchester County who showed up to protest. Mt. Kisco police kept cool as lots of drivers honked approval.
I've removed a comment suggesting that anti-Trump, anti-Musk protestors are mentally ill. While we give wide latitude to opinions in this Comments section, this violates the policy against personal attacks and hate speech, and also the admonition to be polite and respectful.
Many Teslas can be seen early in the morning, dropping off their children at our three local schools. I hope people won’t be throwing eggs at their cars.
Because a thorough cleanup of our government’s wasteful spending is such a bad thing. And securing our borders is terrible!
It’s not pretty and I don’t agree with everything, but a lot of this was overdue and offsets the terribly ineffective and negligent policies from prior administration/s.
But these people have such derangement that they won’t even give the credit to Trump for fighting congestion pricing, for example. That’s one thing that will help those in Croton and around here who commute to NYC. I also appreciate him addressing and deporting dangerous people who may be in or around Croton. That is certainly another example.
The data is not yet available and I am sure numbers will increase, but I read it’s up to 28k firings (or expected) as of right now…Far cry from a few thousand, although it’s actually a smaller number than I thought it would be. A whole department (USAID) was pretty much gutted. Let’s see when the dust settles. A much needed cleanup, I’m sure we’d all agree.
One can agree that there is waste in government spending and inefficiencies to be resolved. But the fact that they've already accidentally fired nuclear safety employees and judges have found Musk's team to be illegally accessing sensitive data, shows that this is a chaotic and ill-informed process.
The federal payroll is 4% of our national budget. This isn't like a tech company where employee salaries are the lions share of spending. We also have roughly the same number of federal employees now that we did in the 1960s, when our population was much smaller. Again, I'm not saying there isn't wasteful spending to be dealt with, but this seems like an unhinged cure for a problem that's been exaggerated. We could tax the Elon Musk's of our country a small percentage more and probably get a lot more money.
The Pentagon should’ve been the first target. I’m less concerned with salaries than I am of corruption and kickbacks, and that occurs with defense spending and Medicare, for example. Firing middle to lower class government employees is not going to make a real dent in spending.
Regarding Elon Musk, how is his status and relationship to President Trump any different than Harry Hopkins status and relationship to President Roosevelt?
These people have such derangement that anything President Trump is no good. The Village of Croton, County of Westchester and New York State are all lost causes polititcally.
Musk’s radical and illegal moves are dangerous to Americans.
Most of these changes are not only going to harm federal employees, but also everyone else who lives in this country. Federal agencies were created by Congress generally in response to harm. The Securities and Exchange Commission was founded in 1929 after the stock market crash led to the Great Depression and the Food and Drug Administration was founded to address dangerous conditions in our food supply. Each of these agencies exists because bad actors put the public at large at risk and dismantling them means repeating the same history of harm.
Trump's administration has targeted every single federal worker and does not seem to care how much turmoil it causes for either the employees or the American public. It’s going to severely interrupt operations like getting tax returns, healthcare for veterans, farm subsidies and so much more. The chaos is the point and it weakens our nation. There will be a domino effect with increasingly tangible impacts.
I've removed a comment suggesting that anti-Trump, anti-Musk protestors are mentally ill. While we give wide latitude to opinions in this Comments section, this violates the policy against personal attacks and hate speech, and also the admonition to be polite and respectful.
And when the $5k checks get delivered to the taxpayers due to the efforts of Musk, I guess they’ll all be sending theirs back?
No I'll be sending mine to Planned Parenthood
Lol imagine thinking that's actually going to happen.
Many Teslas can be seen early in the morning, dropping off their children at our three local schools. I hope people won’t be throwing eggs at their cars.
Don't worry, they can't afford it
Because a thorough cleanup of our government’s wasteful spending is such a bad thing. And securing our borders is terrible!
It’s not pretty and I don’t agree with everything, but a lot of this was overdue and offsets the terribly ineffective and negligent policies from prior administration/s.
But these people have such derangement that they won’t even give the credit to Trump for fighting congestion pricing, for example. That’s one thing that will help those in Croton and around here who commute to NYC. I also appreciate him addressing and deporting dangerous people who may be in or around Croton. That is certainly another example.
If you think firing a few thousand federal employees is anything but political theater you obviously don't understand the federal budget.
The data is not yet available and I am sure numbers will increase, but I read it’s up to 28k firings (or expected) as of right now…Far cry from a few thousand, although it’s actually a smaller number than I thought it would be. A whole department (USAID) was pretty much gutted. Let’s see when the dust settles. A much needed cleanup, I’m sure we’d all agree.
I still see a lot of people who live in Croton driving Tesla cars. It seems to be a big status symbol to own a Tesla.
One can agree that there is waste in government spending and inefficiencies to be resolved. But the fact that they've already accidentally fired nuclear safety employees and judges have found Musk's team to be illegally accessing sensitive data, shows that this is a chaotic and ill-informed process.
The federal payroll is 4% of our national budget. This isn't like a tech company where employee salaries are the lions share of spending. We also have roughly the same number of federal employees now that we did in the 1960s, when our population was much smaller. Again, I'm not saying there isn't wasteful spending to be dealt with, but this seems like an unhinged cure for a problem that's been exaggerated. We could tax the Elon Musk's of our country a small percentage more and probably get a lot more money.
The Pentagon should’ve been the first target. I’m less concerned with salaries than I am of corruption and kickbacks, and that occurs with defense spending and Medicare, for example. Firing middle to lower class government employees is not going to make a real dent in spending.
Sadly New York state is a lost cause.
Regarding Elon Musk, how is his status and relationship to President Trump any different than Harry Hopkins status and relationship to President Roosevelt?
https://andrewsobel.com/article/the-extraordinary-harry-hopkins-president-roosevelts-most-trusted-advisor/
These people have such derangement that anything President Trump is no good. The Village of Croton, County of Westchester and New York State are all lost causes polititcally.
This Kim person seems to be a bot. Perhaps delete her posts? I’m not clicking on any links, so I don’t even know what she is referencing.
Whenever I try to look at the comment, it just disappears. Unless it is something offensive, I am not very concerned about it.
Musk’s radical and illegal moves are dangerous to Americans.
Most of these changes are not only going to harm federal employees, but also everyone else who lives in this country. Federal agencies were created by Congress generally in response to harm. The Securities and Exchange Commission was founded in 1929 after the stock market crash led to the Great Depression and the Food and Drug Administration was founded to address dangerous conditions in our food supply. Each of these agencies exists because bad actors put the public at large at risk and dismantling them means repeating the same history of harm.
Trump's administration has targeted every single federal worker and does not seem to care how much turmoil it causes for either the employees or the American public. It’s going to severely interrupt operations like getting tax returns, healthcare for veterans, farm subsidies and so much more. The chaos is the point and it weakens our nation. There will be a domino effect with increasingly tangible impacts.
We need more of this. All day. Every day.