Josh Barro has a really good story up at the Atlantic today titled “Democrats Made Too Many Promises.” Barro is a Democrat and definitely not a fan of Trump but the point of his piece is that even though he’s not happy Trump won on a personal level, he believes Democrats deserved to lose. What follows is a long list of broken promises Democratic governors and mayors have made to their voters over the past several years.
…there’s a big part of me that feels Democrats deserved to lose this election, even if Trump did not deserve to win it.
I write this from New York City, where we are governed by Democrats and we pay the highest taxes in the country, which doesn’t mean we receive the best government services. Our transportation agencies are black holes for money, unable to deliver on their capital plans despite repeated increases in the dedicated taxes…
