Hey I'm thinking about running for mayor of New York City. I have statistical zero chance for winning. That doesn't mean that I have no chance of winning, it means I have less then 99 to the ninth degree chance of loosing.
Now why should anyone run if their chance of winning is just about zero.
Well I want to run a campaign about nothing, and New York needs a mayor candidate who promises nothing new.
I will not promise to have waterfront promenades in fifteen years when climate change indicates that the ocean will inundate the land next to the water.
I will not promise to close Rikers Island prison when crime is a it's lowest in decades.
I will not promise to have more low income housing by having tax abatement to those who set a side a marginal amount of housing for low income families when those taxes could be used to maintain public housing.
I will not promise to use my influence on elections North of New York City when I want home rule for New York and Erie County, Broom County, etc want home rule for themselves.
I will not ask to rule the school system, then farm it out to charter schools.
I will not promise free tuition to public colleges when those who just graduate (or didn't gradute but dropped out) have huge debt.
I will not promise new transportation when the debt we have for the transportation system we already have is making it unaffordable for many of our poor.
I will not ask for campaign contributions, why should the good people who believe in nothing, throw good money after bad.
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