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Where Mayor Mike Can Push His Poll

By Charles M. Young  Posted by Dave Lindorff (about the submitter)       (Page 6 of 7 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   No comments
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Please answer the question, sir.

How many more do you have?

Just a few.

You said that ten minutes ago. Count them and tell me.

When you give us certain responses, we're authorized to ask you more questions.

What?!!?  You mean the more I disapprove of Mayor Mike, the more you're going to read statements calculated to change my mind?

Sir, please just a few more questions.

Nope, not a one. I want you to type this opinion into your computer. Mayor Mike should cover the budget gap with $4 billion of his own money, and then he should take the other $14 billion and give it to people who have no pension at all, and then he should jump off the George Washington Bridge, and then I won't spit on his grave. How's that for an opinion?

I just need your answer on this statement, sir. Mayor Mike Bloomberg wants to shift control of service union pensions to the...

[With that, I hung up the phone and started to make dinner. After about eight minutes, the phone rang again.]

Sir, she says, I'm the supervisor of the person you just talked to. We just need to ask you a few more questions.

Your questions suck.

I assure you, sir, that we value your opinion highly. We're a non-partisan, scientific polling organization. If you could just answer a few more questions...

How much is Mayor Mike paying you to waste my time?

I assure you, sir...

Is he paying you for each completed questionnaire? Is that why you're calling me back?

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