Well, we have to brace for New York City austerity which means that crime is going to rise, pollution levels become unbearable, flight of the middle class to the 905 away from the Core. Poverty benefits slashed. Because now the loudest camp in making the poor pay won. This will all be done to restore business confidence in the city. Ironically, what the city most needed was a total rejuvenation that "None of the Above" would have awarded...although, I concede the arguements here convinced me to vote for Joey Pants...although, I knew he would not get elected nor be the Kingmaker.
So, there will be lean years ahead, this way the private sector will grow on the basis of the surplus labour that the public sector will not. It will be further downward pressure on wages and increases of bonus when profitability for the Small and Medium sized firms is partially restored. More land speculation, as large properties like Toronto Housing may get sold off..forcing the poor to motels in the outer suburbs like it was under Harris.
My EMS job will be curtailed, as we will charge more and more for 911 and possibly be selective who we pick up and who we leave to die on the streets, social housing, brothels, sweatshops, etc.
So that is worst case scenario. It does not mean that it will all happen in these four years...but the forces of the city have realigned and you can bet the Right - both Federal and Provincial Conservatives and to a lesser extent the Liberals are rubbing their hands with glee for defeating a bastion of the Left.
So, what do we do afterwards...we begin to build up those walls by engaging a culture struggle - artists paint your angst on barren walls, singer chronicle this loss but sing of the victories to come; intellectuals & educators take to airwaves and the internet; workers remember the struggle, unions reform and unite; students march and let them know that you do not wish to live in this poisoned, corrupt and hate-filled world. We have nothing to lose but yesterday's shackles and tomorrow's world to win.