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Paterson: Tax First, Cut Later… Maybe
CanadaFreePress ^
| 12/17/08
| Bob Parks
Posted on 12/17/2008 9:11:24 AM PST by Sammy67
Theres no change when it comes to politics as usual in The Empire State, in fact the Emperors latest edict is not being well-received.
Gov. Patersons proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too. Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an iPod tax that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other digitally delivered entertainment services.
Were going to have to take some extreme measures, Paterson said Tuesday after unveiling the slash-and-burn budget.
How about some cuts in wasteful or redundant programs, Governor? Paterson had
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This idiot Governor should be cutting 20% of the states workforce, and how about a tax on all the state employee pensions? Pattersons pension amounts to $10,000+ a month. New Yorkers have had enough! It's time for another Boston Tea Party!
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:11:24 AM PST
by
Sammy67
To: Sammy67
NYers can not be taxed enough. Keep piling on the taxes and keep electing more democrats.
Just like MA...
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:22:47 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
To: Holicheese
California’s theory is to “Tax first and never cut later.”
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:25:40 AM PST
by
RC2
To: Sammy67
New Yorkers have had enough! There is no evidence whatsoever that the good comrades here in the PRNY have had anywhere near enough given how much they continue to strongly support Her Heinous, Chuckie Cheese Schumer and Governor Magoo, and how they're fine with having either Caroline Kennedy or Andrew Cuomo replace Her Heinous.
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:29:21 AM PST
by
Dahoser
(America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: Sammy67
Paterson, Barry Obama, Hitlery, Poolosi, Harry Reid, all other congressional Rats, and virtually all RINO's: Tax First, Cut Later
Maybe Made your headline more accurate.
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:31:23 AM PST
by
Zakeet
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:36:47 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Control the information, you control the people.")
To: Sammy67
"This idiot Governor should be cutting 20% of the states workforce, and how about a tax on all the state employee pensions?"
We already paid State taxes on the wages we were required to "donate" to our pension fund. Sorry, but I refuse to pay double taxes on my own money.
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:38:10 AM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Dahoser
There is no evidence whatsoever that the good comrades here in the PRNY have had anywhere near enough given how much they continue to strongly support Her Heinous, Chuckie Cheese Schumer and Governor Magoo, and how they're fine with having either Caroline Kennedy or Andrew Cuomo replace Her Heinous.The heck there ain't. Why d'ya 'spose Upstate's fixin' to lose two, count'em two. House seats after the next census? Taxpayers are votin' with their feet and are gettin' the heck outta Dodge.
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:39:54 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Patterson is raising welfare by 30% over the next 3 years. That should bring in alot of working class folks!
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:41:01 AM PST
by
Sammy67
To: Sammy67
This is never going to end until a state or major city government defaults on its pension obligations and/or its bond payments. It might happen sooner than people think.
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:47:46 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Sammy67
This is the same as the Obama plan...Raise welfare benefits, add a fee (tax) to everything we touch.
Remember, Obama only promised not to raise INCOME taxes...in fact, he said 95% of us would get a break.
He'll blame everything on Bush...forget about Barney and the Dems and their halos.
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:10:39 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: Alberta's Child
Notice that no one even mentions goverment employee pensions...Can you spell UNIONS!!
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:11:57 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: mewzilla
They ain't carin' so much about us upstaters. The power is in the cities and an odd portion in the most northern part:
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:12:55 AM PST
by
Dahoser
(America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: Dahoser
That’s actually a very revealing graphic - and not in a good way. When Pataki beat Cuomo back in 1994 by a very narrow margin, I believe Pataki won all but five or six counties in the state.
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:34:27 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Sacajaweau
Oddly enough, I think New York State has a reputation for running a very solid pension fund compared to most states. For all its flaws, the state does some serious oversight of a lot of things.
Ask anyone in the insurance business which state insurance commissioner's office has the toughest regulations and the best reputation for ensuring that insurance companies are on solid financial ground, and I bet most of them will say, "New York" without hesitation.
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:38:04 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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