The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.
The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure.
There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.
The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.
Individual people shouldn't be fearful, because by and large our government, the federal government - people always talk; obviously, they don't trust the feds, whatever. The federal government and local communities have done a pretty good job at keeping us safe.