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[@geebsterswats]

They really gave you 1 week notice of your court date after taking 4 years to schedule it? Jesus

[@rossmanngroup]

That's how a NYC government do

[@jorno1994]

@@rossmanngroup so that's why it's "the city that never sleeps" huh?

[@geebsterswats]

Lol. I’ve seen all of your NYC bureaucracy videos and they never stop amazing me with the sheer stupidity, neigh, incompetency of their government workers

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I've gotten letters with appointments/court dates that were before the postmark date. Save the envelopes on stuff like that!

[@AutomationDnD]

I just hhhhhh _HATE_ Lawyers & Courts@@rossmanngroup

[@Sigurther]

I bet $20 that if Louis doesn't have the case dismissed and doesn't show up, the judge finds in favor of the defendant, files an order to have Louis return the payment, charges him court fees and fines him for not showing up. And then sends the notification for all this to a random PO Box in New Hampshire.

[@brittcrowell]

And he should pay in greasy / sticky pennies!

[@lj1653]

I bet even if he does have the case dismissed, 2 years later he will be notified by his accountant that there is another lean on a piece of property.... in New Hampshire

[@stevenjohns1322]

I think if that happened the top of his head would explode, could you imagine the mess on the soundproofing wall behind him😂

[@ablacon64]

In Brazil it happens exactly that way. I've seen people get fines a lot down here because of not showing up even when there was a previous agreement between the parts.

[@junkmauler]

Exactly what I was thinking! lol

[@andraskarsai]

You can leave NYC but NYC will never leave you alone.

[@dindog22]

this is true. they never left Rush Limbaugh alone after he left. they badgered him for taxes til the day he died

[@Syncrotron9001]

Next step is making it illegal to leave. Escape from LA and NY are non fiction

[@abavariannormiepleb9470]

NY is just like Hep-C.

[@Juan-os4hs]

They can't, they desperately need the $$$... that's why the "judge" in Trump's case in SDNY summarily ruled against him and fined him $250 million dollars, and wants to liquidate all Trump's assets (presumably for CAS). That on top of the 100 BILLION they're asking DC for to "handle the migrant crisis".

[@Kreiser_VII]

I wish this was true, so you could place a restraining order on the state

[@jallexon2]

If I was a judge in NY, NY would impeach me because I'd be dismissing so many cases with prejudice citing malfeasance.

[@leighz1962]

They already do that.. but for actual criminals

[@MJSGamingSanctuary]

​@@leighz1962 and NYC and California wonder why crime still happens 🤔

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

Bold of you to presume yourself to be one and not follow with their ideologies that got them hired to begin with

[@martinteuber2313]

👍 very good! Please keep it up, our bureaucrats unfortunately disconnected from reality a long time ago and are now trying to do their thing until they retire.

[@ryanpoe9791]

NYC is the civil embodiment of a narcissistic, abusive ex spouse who cant let you go and has to try to destroy you for having the nerve to leave the abusive relationship.

[@exoZelia]

Sadly my ex was the mortal embodiment of the same things

[@ryanpoe9791]

​@@exoZeliaYou have my condolences. At least you got away.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

European Union is filled with these idiotic false flags too sent by parasites on regular. Where you are fined for something that have zero f--ks to do with you but it's a thing and you have to pay etc. Also they send you a notice that takes them 5 working days to deliver then the dispute is 7 days. So they send it on monday gets to my post office on friday I get it delivered on saturday morning I probably read it on Sunday and can go f--k myself because they don't work on sunday and wont take disputes on monday or tuesday since they count actual days and not only work days ... So I been fined over things that are not my property, not my wrong doing but sure enough the bills are stacking up and next year I will probably put in front of the court and I wouldn't be surprised if thanks to some loop hole I will be put in prison too in a year or two idk how much it takes them to process these stupid things ... So far I managed to bounce off these from me to a person who is obligated to pay however he paid out every debt etc and cleared my name too however new things keep popping up on my door every month. My lawyer said to not worry etc but seen instances that just one mistake with these can result in you end up being homeless and lose everything you have. So it eats me every single day. I developed paranoia, depression and lots of other things, all this costs money and time. And once again this have nothing to do with me but yet again I get fined over and over again ... I legit am thinking if this continues I will sell everything I own and start living in middle of the woods on a mountain away from everything and everyone. I am sick of this world (people). Just one example a man was suing a company for unpaid work related paychecks. They dragged it out for 5 or so years the man won the case however the company no longer existed and had zero money to pay him, the cost of years long legal f--king around accumulated to about 200k euros that he was later extorted for and they took EVERYTHING he owned even his old torn clothing. The man was basically tossed out by police on the streets with one backpack and everything else was taken from him. He was old, sick couldnt get a job, his pention erased etc. It's really messed up. I don't know what happened next and if this man is still alive somewhere or past away back then being homeless and sick ... This scenario and many others just like it roll around in my head and it's frighten me. Even if I win I lost time and money and tomorrow they will find new ways to attack me and put me out ... No matter what seems like you can't win and they wait for that one simple mistake you make to take away your life. These are legit 1st class parasites running legal extortions.

[@ProfessorToadstool]

holy shit, that is SUCCINCT

[@hansonel]

The Grand Dame is trying to hoover Louis back and then sends threats if he doesn't respond or goes no contact. And then gaslights him: "What letter? We didn't send you any letters."

[@illiiilli24601]

You can take Louis out of NY, but you can't take the NY out of Louis

[@cesarm3218]

Haha! That's way too funny, they literally cannot leave him alone despite him moving away SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES 😂

[@cwj2733]

- new york state government

[@dogbot55]

Yeah cuz they're up his ass all the time

[@mad-croatian]

😔🙏🙏🙏

[@VolkColopatrion]

Like a parasite

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

NY is notorious for dragging their feet. My grandfather passed away back in June. He had a state death benefit due to him being a school bus driver and his wife having been a state employee for a little while and a county employee for many years. After 3 months, my mother called wanting to know what was going on, as it was taking so long. Life insurance paid out within 2 weeks. The state's response was it takes 4-6 months to process the payment.

[@MiseRaen]

Maybe out of all their workers, its only the special needs guy that is actually working while the rest is browsing on twitter or tiktok which is why papers that could have been processed in a matter of days takes months.

[@TheRickJames]

That sucks 😢. That's the equivalent of a fk-you on the way out. Mad disrespect to harm a man's wife after he is gone and gave so much to serve them. That's just wrong

[@jilbertb]

You should get interest from waiting so long...

[@Masturbation65]

​@@jilbertbWhat do you think they're getting by holding on to the money? Lol

[@surfersilver6610]

Lucky it only too 6 months and not years. Sad truth.

[@Jimulacrum]

Listening to Louis rant about the worthlessness of the government institutions of New York is so vicariously cathartic.

[@raven4k998]

New York state is run by a two year old with a calculator🤣🤣🤣

[@swishiestmetal6215]

Why you gotta big words like that hm?

[@satanaz]

vicariously: "in a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person." cathartic: "providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis." learned two new words today :D

[@rot_studios]

What stood out the most in this for me (since I've been there) is his whole rant about poor people not having the buffers required to deal with this kind of shit. It's very on point. Not to mention you just know they have the gall to increase or add any fines for mistakes they made, making a person's situation all that more worse. It can easily put someone into an endless loophole of not having enough money to pay for things, thus getting fined for not paying which means they now need to pay even more things that they can't etc... I don't live in the US and I've only had something like this happen once with taxes (they mistakenly billed me 12k in inheritance tax for a non-existent inheritance), which took way too long (months) to solve, I can't imagine having stupid stuff like that happen _constantly_ and for years!

[@Krytern]

Debt is a vicious cycle that keeps circling around that governments just don't care about. You owe them money, you got to pay them ASAP or keep getting fines put on top and bailiffs at your door. The government owes you it is going to take months to get a lump sum, or they won't charge you taxes on wages until it is paid so it takes months to get the money trickled to you. But you're late by one day they slap a nice fine on for you.

[@stevenchristenson2428]

This literally occurs in southern states. People can just get a speeding ticket and literally after mothes to years of being fined over and over again can go to jail for not having enough money. Fucking debtors prisons all over again. The states do this type of thing because the prisions there are privatized and make a system thats impossible to escape from. More innmates means more public funding they get. So they campaign to get laws and statues put in place to keep this deplorable system going.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

Don't let Louis convince you that this is normal. Far from it. He has a special magnetic attraction for this kind of trouble. Must be something in his personality.

[@dasitmaneayylmao2729]

Louis has convinced me to never set foot in NYC not even for a connecting flight

[@verios44]

Techniclly if you never leave the same terminal your connecting to your not setting foot in that city. As ling as you dont cross the security line :D I feel you though!

[@ShubhamPatil-cb8dk]

​@@verios44but in case of NYC, you can't look at the city through windows, else you will be charged a city-viewership tax

[@misfitsman805]

@@verios44What is this? Mail from NYC? "You have unpaid fees from breathing our NYC air while you were at our airport for a connecting flight. A court date has been set at 13 days before you received this letter..... Good luck."

[@verios44]

@@misfitsman805 lol tuchee

[@amicaaranearum]

Sometimes, you don’t even need to step foot in NYC to feel the long arm of its perceived jurisdiction. NYC has been known to sue out-of-state gun shops because guns they sold ended up being used in crimes in NYC. It has also filed “public nuisance” lawsuits against companies that sell parts used in so-called “ghost guns.”

[@Oldman5261]

In the past decade nearly a million people left NYC. Over the past two years NYC lost 468,000 residents (5.3%). The trend continues in 2023. In the first quarter of this year they lost 31,600 residents. The three main reasons residents gave for leaving was the high cost of living, high taxes, and quality of life issues. Louis you are not alone. You are just one of many.

[@sarahlachman1349]

No worries! We're bussing ILLEGALS in AS FAST AS WE CAN! Soon the Illegals will be in charge, and you know what, they might actually just do it better, but you'll have to learn spanish

[@Arihiroki_LG]

Why do you think they bringing migrants & giving them Civilian jobs which they couldn't give residents who had to take exams & wait up to 5 years if they got a offer

[@Dennis0824]

The good news is that they got 150,000 illegal migrants in return!

[@Benzinilinguine]

​@@Arihiroki_LGwhy? Simple. New York citizens vote for a president who allows the border to be completely open and Texas gets migrants...then they get shipped to the people who voted for them to be here :)

[@david-reason]

LEGION - We are many . . . .

[@H3nrque]

I love that Louis' first priority is his kitties not starving.

[@jilbertb]

And cat t-shirts!

[@labcat73]

That's an entirely valid reason for being! - Why am I doing this sh*t? Ah yes, to pay the bills and feed the cat!

[@gblargg]

@@SioxerNikita I too make sure my gas tank is full before I eat.

[@surfersilver6610]

A man, a REAL man thinks FIRST of those DEPENDANT on him, children, wife, family. He thinks of himself LAST, because if he didn't, he'd be too afraid to face the DANGERS ahead to get the next meal to feed those that depend on him. With no dependants listed above, a pet is a substitute. A pet is included in that group above, but usually the wife or others care for it while the man is out fighting multi headed BEASTS (NYC government) and trekking for sustenance and survival. 💪⚔👹🧟🧟‍♀

[@Proxinova]

Amen

[@lordmasterdr2740]

"There's someone to hold me accountable for the laws I don't break. But who holds them accountable for the laws they break?" That hurt my soul. And you're 100% correct. I think governmental affairs are governed by poorly documented process and that results in endless runaround in the revolving door because protocol wasn't properly implemented for these circumstances.

[@katomamundara8106]

Pretty sure the Federal Government's the only REAL answer to this, if the state can't be held accountable by themselves.

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

@@katomamundara8106 Only Progressives (AKA fascists) imagine that giving even more power & wealth to people who have no accountability would somehow improve the situation. "Just one more regulation & we'll achieve Utopia!"

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

Citizens generally fail to grasp why government at all levels is bad, and that libertarian beliefs are far healthier for society than Progressive fascism. The Federal Gov't, in particular, has extensive documentation & implementation; the fault lies in citizens imagining that a bureaucrat who has no particular stake in an issue is somehow a better authority than someone who actually cares about an issue, simply because they're perceived to be unbiased. I speak from experience. I've worked in & around various forms of government for the majority of my life on Earth, including childhood.

[@Woodside235]

@@katomamundara8106 The feds are even more disconnected from the people they supposedly represent though.

[@seannissen2509]

That's the rub. The answer is and always has been we the people. The problem is we are brainwashed into thinking that isn't acceptable and that a broken system full of people that abuse or allow the abuse will magically fix itself.

[@TheMhannah100]

It's not just incompetence, it's corruption.

[@calibursatsujin3112]

It’s corruption that uses incompetence as a distraction and a tool

[@MrBluGruv]

Knowing you moved from NYC to TX recently, and speaking as a native Texan, I'll have to re-watch this series periodically to remind myself how bad things really could be. I regularly feel like a ton of public sector and even private sector commercial operations are toeing the line of being absolutely worthless here, but NYC is just next level.

[@jilbertb]

It's quite a journey!😂

[@CptJistuce]

There's worthless, and then there's negative worth.

[@gernblanston4956]

Didn't he move to Austin ?

[@Zayphar]

@@gernblanston4956 A small town just outside of the jurisdiction of Austin. Smart boy! Austin buisiness customers, without the problems of Austin government.

[@gernblanston4956]

@@Zayphar oh, ok. Thanks for the info

[@schoolnyc]

I owned a NYS Licensed trade school, you do not know how easy you had it compared to me! Piles of regulations - COVID closed my 34 Street 14,700 square foot space (paid for 20,000 with loss factor) - You were a legend back then and you saved my hard drive! Be well - FYI I moved to TN and retired.

[@jacksong6226]

Its the gift that keeps on giving all year round!

[@jameslong3351]

Kind of like the clap! For all you Gen 0 individuals that's an STD by todays lack of standards. Do like I do, call them on the phone and tell them to kiss your white walking ass.

[@jsh6952]

It sounds like a bad case of Herpes.....

[@alicekramden8640]

Have you not noticed? They hire friends of incompetent friends; relatives of incompetent relatives; they have a collective IQ of 10 and their supervisors a 15 (and only because there are fewer of them.) There is zero accountability on the part of employees of any rank. Can you imagine a bank holding a letter of foreclosure for two weeks before putting it in the mail? I lived there for a number of years and experienced stomach problems and high blood pressure trying to get through the simpletons who finally answer a phone. The entire system and people need to be overhauled and replaced with people who hold others accountable. Getting a civil service job is a goal these people have because it means they can’t be fired unless they commit murder.

[@davezul4396]

It’s called the civil circus buddy system.

[@grantofat6438]

And still people vote for them.

[@fresagrus4490]

"can you imagine a bank doing this?" 100%. For sure. It happened to me before. Not to mention other large private businesses. For exactly the same reason: they are much bigger than you, no one can hold them to account. In case of banks you can't even avoid using their services. Accountability is even worse.

[@jasonguiliano2638]

I was born in Western NY. Those who don't live here find it hard to believe the level of stupidity, incompetence, and spite this state has for its own New Yorkers.

[@undefinedinstrument]

This is painfully accurate :(

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

Lesson here is to NEVER DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK CITY OR STATE.

[@International72521]

That Simpsons episode where Homer and his family visits NYC and him hating every second of it, makes a lot of sense now.

[@breathstealer5486]

Please wait here for officer Stan *real voice* Gradkowski

[@davidchou236]

Crab juice!

[@drumyogi9281]

I just looked it up lol that bird stealing his dog sent me over 😂

[@theghostofmaximumvolume3414]

I went there as a child and on the 4th of July in the mid-80s. I never got to enjoy the fireworks because the locals were launching bottle rockets at people instead of the sky.

[@surfersilver6610]

@@theghostofmaximumvolume3414 That sucks cause the fireworks at the water is one of the best in the world. Maybe you can find a video on YT of it from a VHS camera recording in spectacular 220lines of resolution!! 😃

[@skii_two]

The ex that never leaves, the burden that never stops, the state that never stops fucking giving! I

[@Plusle843]

You mean, the state that never stops fucking TAKING? X)

[@effexon]

so that slogan "I

[@BETAmosquito]

At what point does it become reasonable to sue the government of NY for harassment...

[@tonyburzio4107]

Any guesses when he'll get a court date?

[@ChristopherGray00]

@@tonyburzio4107 if new york got sued as a state then it would be federal court presiding over the case not new york, otherwise any state could just dismiss any suits against them.

[@MandatoryMyocarditis7]

Why? You're better off moving.

[@sharon94503]

I love nothing more than the satisfaction I receive listening to Louis vent in such a humble, rhetorical way.

[@yamamancha]

As someone who left New York 21 years ago, I've mostly just laughed at these videos and even your eventual decision to leave because I could just never understand why you put yourself through such hell for so long.

[@barongerhardt]

It is hard to see the depth of a cult or abusive situation while living in if and worse when it is the only thing you have ever known. You grasp onto anything not awful and fear the unknown is worse; at best other places are just as bad. Why bother? I know how this one works. I know how to avoid the worst of the problems. It isn't that bad. Those other people just don't understand how good I have it.

[@ben1777]

​@@barongerhardt I just passed through NYC yesterday after having been away for about a year. As I made my way through the city, I noticed how hypnotized the place seemed. I'm not talking about people staring into their phones like drones, but more so about how fraudulent the place seemed and how everyone had accepted it. Made me think of that My Dinner with Andre movie - much clearer now.

[@ozrob76]

@ben1777 So you're saying the dream of the City of Dreams was just a sell? Huh. 🤔

[@chetk4624]

43 years for me, glad to have moved to Texas.

[@Saf_Ibn_Sayyad_Bacon]

​@@chetk4624Texas is just as bad if not wor you should check out a lot of the police corruption videos through auditors.

[@Waffles8626]

once you step foot into NY, you can never leave

[@Eapp1480]

Learning this atm 💀

[@Hatandclogs4334]

Welcome to the hotel New York.

[@Marco-ip5cw]

thats a new remix of hotel california i didnt know about @@Hatandclogs4334

[@PancakeProduct]

I've never set foot in New York. I sold my car to someone from there. They did not register it and proceeded to get driving tickets. For the next 365 days, I was getting harassed by multiple different authorities from NY. Yes.

[@itrytobeanonymoustoo5289]

I've driven through NY but never got out of the car. If ya gotta pee hold in it until the state border.

[@TheRickJames]

I have mad respect for you, thank you for calling them out and making a difference. This is absurd

[@raven4k998]

you owe New York state 20 million dollars because of there incompetence🤣🤣🤣

[@ClokworkGremlin]

The thing is, they pay nothing for getting called out for their incompetence. That's why they keep doing this. Now, if there was a price for this level of malicious incompetence, maybe they'd learn to leave the man alone.

[@benjaminc.3851]

Humanity needs more people like you Louis. Never surrender.

[@prjndigo]

A letter that contains a date of deadline must be posted within 24 hours of being created or it is mail fraud. One with a court date becomes invalid if it isn't posted literally on the day of its creation. Sue them in Texas.

[@jostouw4366]

Does he have the ten years to spare?

[@SirNilzey]

@@jostouw4366 Only 10 years? Goddamn, they must be prescribing ritalin to the mail room.

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@SirNilzey "legalized meth worked wonders for the Nazis!"

[@TENNOM]

Louis, you are a role model. As a 26 year old young man, you inspire me to hold true to good values and be authentic. You actively fight for what you think is right, such as with FUTO or right to repair, and are a true meme lord on the side. Thank you for all that you do

[@newperve]

Thank God, so many men think Andrew Tate or some other waste is what they should be. Good work choosing Louis instead.

[@pulleyfm8585]

Staying true to your values, even when it means personal setback or sacrifice in order to do so is difficult. Choosing to be yourself though and heading down that path yields unique rewards always, even if the result or goal is never achieved.

[@larrybills5840]

@@piotrbojkoffThis ain’t Reddit.

[@cfc1001001cfc]

New York City always has its own way to say goodbye to you once you've decided to leave it for good...a citation, a fee, an arrest, an assault, the landlord keeping your deposit, some last kick to the crotch before you can get away.

[@Krytern]

Landlords keeping a deposit is worldwide not just New York.

[@eriksvensson2098]

@@Krytern Just much more prevalent in NYC

[@cristiplopeanu]

This shows how f-ing hard it is to stand by your principles when all systems are flooded w/ incompetence and how dangerous this incompetence is.

[@SBCBears]

It's not incompetence, it's a diverse approach to problem solving.

[@MaximilianonMars]

Dont attribute to incompetence what can be attributed to corruption.

[@maxwebster7572]

I know a fellow ARRESTED in NY over a bench warrant "served" while he was in Canada with ME over a car parked in his driveway on jack stands behind his house that he moved 2 years ago. There was one other fellow in court that day with a similar bench warrant claiming he was not served. In this case I can attest we were in Canada on the dates at a cottage.

[@tissuepaper9962]

It's so confusing, what ever happened to process servers? Sending a letter in the mail absolutely should not qualify as "good service", even certified mail. The mailman isn't a process server, he isn't going to check your ID when you sign for the letter, and he shouldn't have to. That is not his job.

[@ChiTownBrownie89]

Watching Louis slowly become more angry at government overtime is so peaceful to me. I am glad someone with a wide base can be so vocal about the issues in our joke of a government. I had an issue with Illinois, their toll system updated and reverted back to my illinois license plate, from over 3 years ago, so when I went through tolls it didnt register and oh look now I have to pay 3 tolls, double the ipass price, each with a 3 dollar fine attached. My only notice was a "you have 30 days to pay" one. These tolls were from July I just got the notice in the beginning of October. I dispute it and get a response in 2 weeks...fuck those greedy bastards.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Dispute everything, and fill in a W8-BEN as a foreigner.

[@ChiTownBrownie89]

@@G-ra-ha-m oh I tried they won't do shit i even said I'll pay the toll but fuck your fine. The lady on the phone was no help and extremely rude.

[@lockwoodthexton]

Bureaucracy breeds incompetence. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[@phils4634]

You have just described NSW Health. Mindless bureaucracy, interminable (costly) "meetings" that achieve nothing, very poor standard of healthcare for a Country that pretends it is "First World".

[@Millez]

​@@phils4634any health department in Australia. Take a look at DOHAC 🔥

[@rookievideos8865]

And incompetence demands more bureaucracy. It's a positive feedback loop.

[@arnox4554]

Corruption can and will seep into any human-controlled governmental system. It's only a matter of time. The best governmental systems though can keep it at bay for a pretty long time.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Yet we must have some levels of standardized process and control. Which is what bureaucracy is about. Put another way, no one wants scammers to pretend to be Rossmann Repair, so business licenses are a thing. Another counter point, Louis called and asked a Texas bureaucrat about special licenses and the person was friendly and helpful.

[@estern001]

So happy for you. I remember commenting that you need to get out. And you hung on for a while. You're obviously a happier person without that incompetent bs. Good for you, Louis!

[@staticthewhitewolf7040]

So in short, you can never "Escape from NY."

[@nunyabusiness7602]

Snake did but he didn't have the government getting in his way, just a bunch of psychos. Lesson being government worse than psychos.

[@staticthewhitewolf7040]

@@nunyabusiness7602 Actually in both movies the government tried to kill him.

[@jilbertb]

And that's about what it looks like now too...

[@nunyabusiness7602]

@@staticthewhitewolf7040 Oh my that's right!

[@surfersilver6610]

Just invest in an Eye-patch.

[@timowagner1329]

I am a civil administrator in Germany and even though we have horrible and inefficient bureaucracy, I am shocked about their behaviour. Even the little things like the mail date...

[@ombg024]

From Canada. It's the same here. Keep speaking up, thanks

[@thewebdiva5903]

I was born and raised in NYC. Left 37 years ago, after my child support officer invited me out to lunch and when I turned him down, he said I’d be getting no child support money from my ex because ‘you can’t get money from a rock’. I’ve lived in NJ since 1987. I ordered a copy of my marriage certificate for DMV in 2020. This year, 2023, I received my form and check back with a note stating that they had no certificates for marriages before 1980. I was given a new address to send my form!

[@custos3249]

Begs the question, can you file a restraining order against a state?

[@TheHipisterDeer]

Time to lawyer up so you can file a complaint against the city so they can stop harassing you.

[@RandomBlackBox]

Can you get a cease and diciest for a state? Not joking, this is a honest question.

[@TheHipisterDeer]

@@RandomBlackBox yeah you can

[@PerennialWheat]

​@@RandomBlackBoxYes, to any entity or individual.

[@CptJistuce]

In all fairness, he literally asked for this one.

[@squishyfaceguy]

@@CptJistucehe literally did not.

[@LambySRI]

Dude, I LOVE your attitude. Like honestly. You call out bs for what it is. We need a planet full of people like you. The world would be a better place 🙏

[@feroxcious]

Louis is the guy that at first you think "ahhh what's the crazy guy getting angry over now..." and then after you listen for 5 minutes you're like "oh yeah that's ... that's pretty egregious..."

[@lezlienewlands1337]

(Australian here) The amount of sheer incompetence in NYC is just beyond belief. No wonder everyone is just packing up and leaving because of their BS. And they have the gall to keep trying to fleece money out of you when you leave? Now that just stinks of desperation.

[@SuntopKinseeker]

California wants to tax you for leaving the state. I do not know if that passed but there was talk about charging you taxes for leaving the state. I do not understand this country anymore....

[@SBCBears]

@@SuntopKinseeker The Soviet Union taxed emigres. If people wanted to leave, they had to pay and it wasn't a small amount.

[@louiscypher4186]

Not desperation, entitlement. You know the wacko economists that occasionally get opinion pieces in our mainstream newspapers, the ones who go one about how people spending less money is robbing the government because we aren't paying GST when we don't buy things? or how solar panels is "costing the nation" millions of dollars because they generate untaxed electricity? That's the sort of people who run NYC. They do not believe taxes are you're money, being used to fund services. They believe it is fundamentally the states money. Whether you get any services out of it, is irrelevant. In fact they believe that any money which isn't taxed, is money denied to the state. They are like the inverse of libertarians. "exempt income is theft" may as well be their catch cry.

[@poison7512]

​@@SuntopKinseekeryeah. If you leave the state to work remotely elsewhere. Why should people make California wages while paying nothing in taxes somewhere else? You can't have it both ways.

[@Andy-im3kj]

There are other godforsaken places that do similiar things like NY state, such as California and Illinois. What's even more insane is there are officials who run there positions with incompetence. These people don't even know what they're running in the city they're supposed to represent.

[@WillFuI]

If a company treated its customers how the New York government treats its citizens, it would have gone out of business 50 years ago

[@dillonh321]

100

[@zalllon]

Agreed!

[@shabadooshabadoo4918]

Id say its how every body of govt treats its citizens but im just guessing

[@falsefultruth4884]

With that logic Apple should be out of business, but unfortunately here we are

[@WillFuI]

@@falsefultruth4884 except for most people it just works nothing in that government just works.

[@mithlom]

Sadly this is normal across the world. They want a judiciary system that takes a few years to do anything in case they get caught. As they are the ones with the money they dont suffer for the few years waiting period.

[@krislong9338]

You are one of my favorite people on tjis platform. Always fighting the good fight against Goliath-dwarfing foes, consistent, with excellent arguments to bolster what we know. I have always liked to perform my own repairs when I have tools and time (and sometimes, dexterity, microsoldering may not be for me). Kudos for keavibg that bureaucratic hellscape. Other states have their own problems but states like NY, CA, MA have such a labyrinthian structure of law and such a huge meddling bureaucracy as to be unlivable for many. There's a lot of big talk about providing extra services to the customer (residents) but little follow through and almost no oversight (true of many governmental entities), and the more money we give them, the bigger, more bloated, more tyrannical and less responsive they become. Ridiculous. I like the idea of governments providing essential services for a reasonable price but I think most governments large enough to suck up and waste more money have completely divorced themselves from ethics or compassion. We're just more meat for the grinder, essentially.

[@ecxstatic8155]

Facts are amazing in a world that some people dont want us to know. Thank you for this content.

[@BrainScramblies]

5:35 I'm sorry you feel stressed, but I absolutely love this part.

[@domm6812]

It's similar here in Australia in major cities. Different rules for us and them, and the utter exploitation, arguably maybe actual corruption where they squeeze the public with ridiculous pedantic revenue raising fines, while the big corporations get away with horrific things with no punishment or a tiny slap on the wrist. We have a new federal commission against corruption here and it's uncovering lots from the previous rulers we had ....but it's toothless. Nothing will happen to them, because politicians made these anti corruption rules and they don't want to punish themselves.

[@pldaniels]

Yep, it's all toothless.

[@danielabbey7726]

5:35: Louis has a "Serenity Now" moment!

[@darikdatta]

...insanity later

[@danielabbey7726]

@@darikdatta "Georgie, why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?" 😏

[@alannitcher5001]

I went on an add break right then.

[@andrejspetersons8500]

5:35 !!! I was wondering WHEN Louis would do this! :D Let the Zen be with you!

[@cluelessinky]

I left New York 30 years ago and have never looked back. I still have family there and go back when necessary. But going there for other than that never happen. Glad to see Mayor Adams is doing so well.

[@oliver_3185]

I always imagine Louis dancing like snoopy when he talks about how glad he is to have left New York

[@NavyPanther54]

This amount of constant stress and frustration could kill someone. Just the second hand anger watching these videos is enough to shorten someone's life span

[@Bamahut]

This is informative and unfortunate! Take a deep breath Louis, this shit doesn't stop it seems. Now I know to never go to New York city. Thanks for helping me out of future issues! :D

[@chriskaprys]

Waking up to the fact that accountability is a one way street is the third act in the story of Adulthood. Act four is having your time, patience, money and energy excruciatingly squeezed, stretched and flattened by the steamroller of Bureaucracy. I feel your pain, brother.

[@NikI-vf8ut]

Breath in and out..... in and out..... Louis your health and sanity are worth more, so in and out. :)

[@sirbbq2403]

Louis needing to pause at 5:40 nearly killed me. I felt that shit.

[@mr.northern8280]

Get heated fade to black

[@leighz1962]

KZbin: great spot for an ad!!

[@PizzaJet1984]

I love how many prior comments were urging to get Louis to move out of New York, and he resisted and now there are videos like this 😂

[@DeuteriumTech]

Every time Louis says "Hope you are having a lovely day" I can feel in his voice that he is not having a lovely day.

[@higgydufrane]

Hey Louis, you have been thru the ringer. I am sorry for what they have done, but I admire your spunk in not giving in to them. May this all end soon and end forever at some point.

[@claudialunden3691]

I miss your delicious NYC rants!

[@ZackYounguk]

It’s like this in so many countries… the UK is no different. What frustrates me most is that the letters they send out, and the terrible establishment behind is all funded from the public purse… so much waste and in the process so much anxiety created.

[@nunnabeeswax2397]

God bless you for dealing with the trauma of not only running a business but living in NYC. Can you do some videos on how running a business in TX is different from running a business in NY? If you have issues with running a business and dealing with a TX city or state government, can you do a video on that as well so we can see what areas this great state needs to upgrade?

[@jilbertb]

He did! It was great!

[@nunnabeeswax2397]

@jilbertb oh I gotta go find that video!

[@jannejohansson3383]

Yeaah, write a book about positive things in NY :)

[@ajkleipass]

My mother worked in City government from 1986 to 2012. And while I cannot speak specifically about the departments you've dealt with, I can probably guess at the reasons why you had trouble. Hiring freezes is one major reason. With unfilled vacancies, staff workload would go way up. Overtime was often limited to an hour a day - if it was allowed at all. Cross-training was a four-letter word - albeit justifiably, as the departments often threw out-of-title jobs onto workers because of the hiring freezes and vacancies. If you filed a union dispute, you might get back pay and a title increase, or you might get the back pay and see the vacancy suddenly filled by a "team player". This lack of cross-training means that if someone is out sick or on vacation, there is nobody to do their job. What that last part could mean is that Employee X typed a letter to you on the 1st of the month, but the printer was broken. They were on vacation for the next week or two, and since nobody else did their job, your letter wasn't actually printed and mailed until they came back to work, printing and mailing it the same day. Now, despite my bias, I won't deny that there is a lazy employee component to the problem. But the biggest problem is the size of City government. It's huge, it is very disorganized, the buildings they occupy are often ancient in years, with copious quantities of wall-mounted conduit to handle the electrical upgrades and the ethernet cables, and their layouts are often rabbit warrens. Computers were seldom up to the tasks asked of them (too little ram, tiny local drives, and outdated proprietary software that dragged the OS to its knees. And nobody can fix any of that because there's always someone higher who doesn't see the problem. 😢

[@denysvlasenko1865]

The core reason is that there is no competition. You can't go to a "better bureaucrat" to get your requests handled better - there is only one. Thnkfully, in US you at least can choose a less moronic state to move to.

[@TheMaleRei]

*ALSO...* Don't rule out malice.

[@williambrennan5701]

as much as I love Florida vs NY i was a state employee here in FL much of what you were describing is here as well . It is NOT a money issue , never is . Florida has BILIONS in budget surplus. The state cannot get anyone to work for them to the point they have the national guard working as prison guards in state prisons. They just cannot seem too understand you have to PAY people to come to work.. They want qualified people but don't understand a qualified people can use a calculator and despite a sudden large payraise when adjusted for inflation they pay less now than they did in 2007 for many positions.

[@rsmith02]

Bureaucracies can be competent and it has nothing to do with competition but with accountability and management.

[@williambrennan5701]

that's true but pigs "can fly" , if they are launched. There are JUST ENOUGH competent people to keep a government system afloat the vast majority are simply in the way @@rsmith02

[@nycgweed]

I’m dealing with these people myself and it’s a nightmare as you have shown- destroying small businesses is what they do best

[@opticalip1]

Reminds me of california, this was in 2016-2017, not long after my son was born. They put a lean on my bank account for tax years 2011-2012 when I moved back to my home state in 2010. They took like 3-4k and had me scrambling on the phone trying to find my old tax returns proving I was living in a different state. After then 2nd day (while I was driving to my parents house to grab my returns), they finally had to forsight to look it up and see I was in fact not living in CA for the years they claimed. Still took them 2 weeks to return the money. I hate that state.

[@dexiPL]

It is literally an embodiment of the saying: 'You can leave NYC, but NYC will never leave you.'

[@Syn741]

What I learned from the US as someone from asia, Everything in the US is inefficient. So I graduated from an American university, requested and paid them to issue me a physical copy of a transcript out of the coutnry in march. someone from the university came back to me in September saying that there was no such address. I checked what was the address written on the transcript, it was my actual address. it took them half a year for any kind of response. like wtf? what the only and only thing the US is most efficient is, is collecting money.

[@Demopans5990]

Because we didn't update our tech stack and only hired pencil pushers.

[@Syn741]

@@Demopans5990 idk what's going on over there man. A country with the most advanced tech but still unable to do simple things efficiently..... and 8 months later, I'm still here without a physical transcript... 😭😭

[@davidwolff4696]

Yes, steali..... um, collecting money because that is all they're interested in.

[@nobodynoone2500]

NYC is not representative of the USA in any manner. My local court and clerk are open all day and you can walk in and handle things. Keep your racism and misunderstandings to yourself.

[@lponm]

LoL both universities I attended just outsourced transcripts to some company. I guess I should be grateful.

[@jackhammer8563]

Louis, I enjoy listening to your ranting about the incompetent "leadership" of your former state of residence. I often wonder how anyone could live there.

[@michaelcornell5439]

Divesting = awesome strategy + putting it on youtube = more awareness! Love it!

[@bobsmith-wg9fz]

just note this I have a good buddy who's kid just finished an college intern in washington DC with some alphabet fed agency doing paperwork, day one he was given a shit ton stack of paperwork to do in the next 3 months....he processed it ALL in less than 3 weeks including a full check of ALL the work he had done for mistakes. HIS boss LOST HIS MIND when he turned it in and was shouting that he had just made the WHOLE dept look stupid by doing 3 months of work in 3 weeks....the kids only reply....you suck that bad and so does everyone here, no wonder the feds suck so bad and our taxes are WASTED! he walked out shaking his phone...I recorded the whole thing buddy as per UNION regs, I can do that with work related issues regarding punishment and or admonishment he got a very nice letter from that boss telling the college he had done a great job, a letter that the kid will pass on to his employers when he leaves college AKA the whole system is fucked from city to fed, top to bottom!

[@asain3586]

Need that video. Post it

[@SkylineFTW97]

As a lifelong DC area resident, this doesn't sound surprising at all.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Wow, what a shitty boss. Instead he could have said something like "Hey, good job. I'm worried about how hard you're working though. Even if you are taking breaks I don't want you to burn out." That same response could be used whenever anyone asks why some kid could do things so much faster. Of course, at least part of it is the department being lazy or having procedures that the new person was unaware of. I've had the later happen to me, when a job didn't train me on how things are supposed to work.

[@jimblack5153]

Many moons ago when I was in my early twenties, I was making a delivery of blueprint paper to the engineering Dept. at a GE factory. I stepped into the break room to get a cup of coffee, and there sitting at the table, were 5 janitors playing poker. One guy, about my age, was mopping the floor. I remember one of them telling him to slow down his mopping, because it would make the rest of them look bad.😆

[@bobsmith-wg9fz]

@@arthurmoore9488 making excuses for them being lazy?

[@basspig]

Back in 1987 when I was running a graphic design business I had to take a client to small claims court over $38 that they failed to pay me. Well it wasn't that much money it was the principle of it but I filed the lawsuit for. And you know what? Even with the court order they refuse to pay it I had to threaten them with a sheriff and a expose of their banking accounts before they finally paid the $38 they owed me.

[@CrabulousYT]

ever since the last one where he decimated his keyboard when I see a NYC video I think "ooh boyo wonder what louis is gonna destroy next"

[@dustinduzgames1276]

Wait which video i wanna see

[@CptJistuce]

I feel like eventually he's going to destroy New York, and we're just watching a very slow supervillian origin story.

[@tyramasters-heinrichs921]

Thank you for not bowing to the bureaucratic bull-crap. Stay strong Louis, your cats need you to be the Human they love! I am thankful for your honor and stick-to-it-ness... like a knight of old. Have you ever used Wim Hoff breathing techniques? Great for stress (Wim Hoff is called the Ice Man, and it's been a wonder for me!) Hi from Manitoba, Canada

[@argondemad8024]

Im in New Zealand, and this is common here too. Its rampant, the new standard of govt officials are incompetencty and ignorance.😂

[@fishclaspers361]

NYC might as well be an STI. A gift that keeps on giving.

[@arpinfidel]

How are Americans so insistent on their right to bear arms against a tyrannical government and still have shit like this

[@Userhfdryjjgddf]

Because the democrats who are against the right to bear Arms. Also vote for more regulations and more rules and bigger govt.

[@wai828]

@@Userhfdryjjgddf Yet many countries have very strict gun laws, and much better government. Crazy, right?

[@MysterioTGN]

@@Userhfdryjjgddf That doesn't address or answer the question in the slightest.

[@jimkelly4214]

​@@wai828Apple's and oranges comparison.

[@eOlRaNcH1]

Imagine a country with a right to due process and for a speedy trial. It would be a dream.

[@tonyburzio4107]

In NY, Due process means your fines are due.

[@km077]

Yes, a nice paper dream... on paper, as seen all over. Double paper kinda deal, not as the Founding Fathers intended.

[@Waggabagaboo]

Ackshually this amendment only applies to criminal cars ;)

[@Waggabagaboo]

Cases. J. Christ.

[@mccjoe01]

You have the right...just not the ability...

[@gabrielfair724]

Someone who was really experienced with these injustices said that justice delayed is the same as justice denied

[@narutocrew1565]

this has to be the best and most honest video I have ever seen. Good stuff Ross and kudos to you man 🙏✅✈️💝

[@frumsmcnoodles323]

This is like when I was called for Jury Duty in a province I have never lived in. Got a summons a few days before I had to be there, called them and they told me I had to dispute in person. So a 3700km 40ish hour drive later I try to dispute, and am denied. Have to spend 3 weeks paying out of pocket for hotels, food etc then DURING deliberations for the trial, they tell me I can go home because I shouldn't have been there in the first place...and they will have to retrial the defendant. So almost 4 weeks of my time, around $5500 to $6000 + lost wages and I didn't even get the $50 a day because I was not a resident of the province the sent me to. I get home and about a month later I get a letter stating I did not have to perform Jury Duty on that case as there was a mixup and I was not from that province.This happened in 2019 and I am still waiting to get the compensation they were going to send.

[@seameology]

For years, I got jury summons for a county I moved out of. This was rural NY. I feel your pain.

[@sarahlachman1349]

fool, should have ignored it,

[@gabrielesparza4]

Next time toss it in the trash where it belongs. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@frumsmcnoodles323]

@@sarahlachman1349 Can't ignore it... if you don't show up its like a $2000 fine, you still need to go to the same courthouse for the hearing either way, and if you don't show for that, you get an arrest warrant out and then it becomes a criminal charge.

[@ffwast]

@@frumsmcnoodles323 leave the people's republic of leafistan then.

[@ferretzim8694]

Bureaucracy moves at a snail's pace for everything but matters that personally concerns them. I remember a story my father told about a guy who wanted to open a restaurant. First he needed to send a request to start a restaurant, then wait for a reply. Once he got permission, he had to send documentation for where he wanted to open it, and wait. Then he had to get a permit to remodel. Then he had to send documentation for EACH step of the remodelling process. For the plumbing and electrical he also needed to get documentation from the electrician and plumber first (which thankfully went faster, since they don't spend their days fingering eachother's asses instead of working). And then on and on with having to file paperwork before each step. Thing is, the guy had quit his job, so was losing a lot of money just waiting for permission to move to the next step. Thankfully he managed to get through it all and open the restaurant. But no thanks to the bureaucrats.

[@9cross]

NYC is a crazy ex-girlfriend

[@OMGAnotherday]

Well done! "A man must RID himself of the shite" A king of England not sure which one. But its just as important for us plebs! ✊

[@newmonengineering]

You need to file for dismissal of the case ASAP. What you don't want to do is simply not show up. That is a huge mistake. Either show up, or file dismissal now.

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

Can't wait until the average New Yorker needs to go 13-20 miles to shop or eat at a restaurant. Or maybe someone competent will pop up in the bureaucratic departments that care far less than Louis and is willing to take everyone to court for even the slightest slip in their lie. A true age of accountability, a right revolution for NYC.

[@JakeDaines]

​@@RocketmanRockyMatrixread his post again, but very slowly this time.

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

@@JakeDaines Wait did someone respond to my post with totally irrelevant stuff lmao? I mean my statement is mildly political, but it seems funny. I only got the alert now xD Something about Israel and Palestine I believe it mentioned XXXDDD

[@arthurmoore9488]

@@Suzuki_Hiakura It's just bots spamming. I don't even see it, so it was probably removed.

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

@@arthurmoore9488 Nah, seemed like an actual person telling me to not bother taking a side in the Israeli-Palestine conflict currently going on lol

[@mrrooter601]

I really hope one day I am in a financial position to be able to escape this shithole. Thank you for the continued reminders.

[@CptJistuce]

​@@Travis12861Then you realize the cost of living is a third down south.

[@calysagora3615]

​@@Travis12861I moved from Sweden to Spain, and salaries are about HALF to A THIRD of what I made in Sweden, but I still can save up money for the first time in my life, because the living expenses is A FIFTH of my living expenses in a small town in Swedistan with relatively cheap housing. You can't just sit and wait for a negative economy to get in the positive before you move on, because then you NEVER will. Just LEAVE and deal with a short rough time of pesky collectors and mailed threats. You'll make up for it in no time in TX, FL or NH. Just leave. You will not regret it. Promise.

[@odbo_One]

Dude, I have family leaving NYC this month. I remember visiting them growing up and hearing them say how much they love NYC. Now I hear nothing about complaints and disappointments about their city.

[@Glorious.Return]

What fascinates me, is that you have 1.88 mil subscriber and some random gamer has 24 million! You deserve a lot more and I just subscribed even tho I am not american and I am not even a tech guy! I am a medical grad with very amateur-ish interest in dyi repairs. God bless you

[@david-reason]

We support your move from NYC and Long Island Audit's challenge to make NY cops accountable. I left the country I love for a better life in Kazakhstan, China and Thailand because of poor Govt leadership. Best wishes from Bangkok.

[@xgmrfurious]

I wish there was a way to "like" this video 3000x. Local governments are overly empowered and wholly incompetent. I'm also a local business owner for my entire life.

[@mr2miach]

I "kind of" noticed a similar thing when I moved from Missouri to where I'm at now. Anything you tried to do in Missouri for yourself gets dragged out to the point it's forgotten about. Go to the DMV just to renew your drivers license. Something I had done multiple times before. Only this time, we needed to have our birth certificates. New laws and all right? Well, what they didn't tell us what was legally a birth cert and what wasn't. I had my original one with my baby foot print on it. They don't tell me, or anyone else in line that those types are not legally allowed until we are to the point of getting our pictures taken. Had to drive an hour further north to BUY a "legal" birth cert, as did many others, to then drive back an hour, to sit in line for another couple hours, to only be told to come back the next day because it was closing time. Weird how I was able to move to another state and had not only less difficulty but I was presented with all the "legally" required and allowed items for me to get a new DL in my new state.

[@SvendleBerries]

At this point, you might as well start sending notices to NYC saying that _they_ in fact owe YOU money and that they need to contact you asap to resolve it. And, of course, make the due date before you know theyll get it so you can immediately send a follow up notice for overdue fines lol

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

10:55 I seem to recall learning in school about a kerfuffle over taxation without representation. I hear it got pretty ugly before it got better.

[@RussellSenpai]

My mom one time got so pissed about New York similarly asking for exact change on a nonsensical trumped up charge that she walked up to their clerks, dumped a whole bag worth of dimes on their desk, and told the desk clerks there to have fun counting that. The charge was in the ball park of $50 to $60 dollars, so that's 500 to 600 dimes. Maybe not the nicest thing to do in hindsight, given the clerks aren't sending the mail.

[@jsh6952]

You are wrong there, those Clerks are the ones that mail out the fine notices. Someone else determines the fines, the Clerks are the messengers.

[@calysagora3615]

They choose to work for satan. Give them hell.

[@TheQuickSilver101]

It's the divorce that never ends. No wonder you left New York. I have seen Three Stooges shorts where Larry, Curly and Moe look organized and positively efficient compared to New York state.