ZERO HEDGE: …
The Economy
The film explored the lack of economic prospects in Scranton and inquired about it like an open-ended question. What we found troubling is that film did not seem to be truly versed in the economic problems of Scranton. As we said in many articles such as “The Failure Of The Scranton Political Elite“,”The Real Story of How Scranton Became Broke“,”The Government Haves and The Working Class Have-Nots“, and “The Kingdom of Scranton” the Economic malaise in Scranton is due to the political machine that has its dirty little mitts tightly wrapped around the city of Scranton. It appears that the film avoided alluding to this fact. It also did not speak about the chamber of commerce purposely keeping good businesses out (here)…
Scranton Sucks
Now, the Facebook page Scranton Suck is pretty adamant about Scranton really sucking. The film happened to get one of the administrators on the phone to ask them why they thought Scranton sucked. Without any hesitation the folks at Scranton Suck spoke about the absurd high taxes that drive out businesses and the city council being incompetent. Doesn’t that sound familiar? The film seems to avoid really discussing this. It might be throwback to that tried and true tradition in Scranton of not discussing politics, but this reality concerning the incompetence of the local government and shadowy underworld behind it cannot be avoided. Scranton sucks because of the Scranton government and company period.
Finally
The film ends with the question is the glass half full and empty for Scranton. In the film, People began recounting how the glass was half full, or even all the way full, because there was “something” here. Let’s be honest, there is no glass in Scranton as it stands today. It is completely delusional to believe that Scranton has any prospects when you have a political machine, local government and chamber of commerce hell-bent on keeping the city dejected and ruined. The truth that we all must face is that Scranton will never get better until we run these shadowy figures out-of-town, take control of the city, and enact policies that encourage growth, progress and innovation. The glass has been stolen and we all know who the culprits are. Let’s be honest and call a spade a spade. The Scranton government and the political machine behind make Scranton Suck!
