WHAT HE STANDS FOR
Paladino says that he plans to use interpretations of the Constition of the State of New York to declare a fiscal state of emergency, which he will then use to freeze compensation of state, municipal and school employees and cut the state budget by 10 to 20 percent. He proposes closing off welfare services to those who come from out of state to receive benefits, by placing a minimum residency requirement of one year before anyone can claim state benefits.
He seeks to cut the state's Medicaid budget by nearly 30%, or $20 billion by making significant cuts to benefits, requiring identification, fingerprints and drug testing in order to receive benefits, and training family members to take care of people who would otherwise be in long-term care.
He has also expressed distaste for public servic labor unions, which he has compared to pigs, and is an outspoken critic of the state's Taylor Law, which gives unions significant negotiating advantages in exchange for prohibiting them from striking. He promises to take a hard line in negotiations with unions, whose contracts expire in April 2011, and will refuse to grant them favorable condition.
He supports current governor David Paterson's efforts to furlough state employees. In the event of a late budget, he would shut down most levels of government except those related to public health and safety. Paladino would first target patronage jobs for elimination; i.e., those who received their jobs as political favors and through family connections. He would also rely on the state's rank and file to target persons "incapable for whatever reason of performing their functions at a cost productive level, and hopes to eliminate 60,000 jobs from the state workforce through these reductions.
He would seek to eliminate numerous perks such as state-owned take-home vehicles. Paladino also supports converting some minimum security prisons into Civilian Conservation Corps -style camps, which he dubs the "Dignity Corps," a program he bases on both the CCC and the work of a local mission in Buffalo.
At the local government level, he would consolidate the operations of most school districts at the county level, with a single appointed superintendent, and also consolidate other local town and village operations at that level. He is currently considering a solution for districts that span multiple counties.
In regard healthcare and the healthcare legislation, which he adamantly opposes, he has stated that he believes that the long-term impact of the act would be just as memorable and possibly more deadly than the September 11 attacks. aladino has pledged himself to one term in office.
With regard to a planned Islamic community center two blocks from the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City, in late July, 2010, Paladino came out with a radio ad which stated, "As Governor, I will use the power of eminent domain to stop this mosque and make the site a war memorial instead of a monument to those who attacked our country. more
That’s ironic. Isn’t it leftest who call conservatives “reactionary”???