Can "Anyone" Show Me The Re-Vitalized Upstate New York"?

Question

I am an Independent Voter.

I actually voted for Hillary Clinton for Senator because she said she would, "Re-vitalize" Upstate New York.

Decades of economic depression continue.

We have the highest TAX structure which sends all potential manufacturing enterprises running, anywhere but Upstate New York!

She has done "0" zero to correct this.

Where am I wrong?

After 4 plus decades of living in Newburgh New York, it's still destitute, gray and hopeless.

Hillary Clinton is an empty opportunist, who has done 'zilch' for us in the desperate Upstate New York region ... don't believe me?

Ask her how many tijmes she's been to Newburgh ... only a short drive from NYC how many times ... none, 0, never!

Can anyone show me where I am wrong?

Answer 1

I have been monitoring the steady decline of Rochester since I moved out in 1990, and Hillary hasn't done a single thing to improve anything.

Answer 2

Nope, I'm from the Utica area and it still seems exactly the same as it was before she was senator.  Sales tax was up to 9.75% at one point (the lowest I remember was 8% and I think it went up from that about 5 or 6 years ago) but now it's at 9.25%.  I'm pretty sure Oneida county has the highest sales tax of any county in the nation.

So, I can't find anything to prove you wrong.

Answer 3

Actually, I think that a better question is not what has the Federal representative done for the state. The real burden of local improvement is on the state legislature, which is a joke. Clinton and Schumer are expected to advocate NY interests in DC. Promises to improve one local economy or another can't really be something voters take seriously. They're more national. I would be critical of the state senators, and especially of Bruno, who's been in Albany longer than my parents have been alive and who's pretty much watched upstate melt. I'm not blaming him personally, but I am putting the responsibility on his legislative body.