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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Proposes $300 ‘Inflation Refund’ Payments
Breitbart ^ | 12/09/2024 | Olivia Rondeau

Posted on 12/09/2024 2:11:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a one-time $300 payment to individuals earning $150,000 or less, and $500 to couples making $300,000 or less, her office announced Monday.

In what would be the state’s first “Inflation Refund,” Hochul wants to send about 8.6 million New Yorkers a few hundred dollars starting in fall 2025 if approved by the legislature, an official press release stated.

Around $3 billion in taxpayer funds would be allocated for the payments, which the governor called a “break” for her constituents.

“Because of inflation, New York has generated unprecedented revenues through the sales tax — now, we’re returning that cash back to middle class families,” Hochul said. “My agenda for the coming year will be laser-focused on putting money back in your pockets, and that starts with proposing Inflation Refund checks of up to $500 to help millions of hard-working New Yorkers. It’s simple: the cost of living is still too damn high, and New Yorkers deserve a break.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hochul; inflation; payment; refund
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Wow, just wow. Stupid forever. NY state is broke correct?
1 posted on 12/09/2024 2:11:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NY State is like $170,000,000,000 in debt


2 posted on 12/09/2024 2:12:38 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Correct:

https://taxfoundation.org/blog/new-york-budget-gap-taxes/


3 posted on 12/09/2024 2:12:41 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She’ll tax the refund. It never ends.


4 posted on 12/09/2024 2:17:06 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kathy Hochul. Super Genius.


5 posted on 12/09/2024 2:18:04 PM PST by DarrellZero
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It doesn’t come until fall of 2025...


6 posted on 12/09/2024 2:18:18 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Here in Georgia we get those when the State overtaxes. This i believe it’s $250 per tax payer $500 if married.


7 posted on 12/09/2024 2:19:31 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
My 1972 Economics degree tells me her logic is bass-ackwards. Put more money into the economy and then wonder why prices go up??
8 posted on 12/09/2024 2:19:52 PM PST by llevrok (“'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation.” - Tony Soprano)
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To: Sacajaweau

When is she up for re-election?
Fall of 2025?


9 posted on 12/09/2024 2:20:28 PM PST by Dan_Frisbie
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To: ChicagoConservative27
...$300 payment to individuals...

Hmmm, by individuals might she include illegal aliens?

10 posted on 12/09/2024 2:21:44 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: cgbg

Every so-called “stimulus” giveaway payment increases inflation and the cost of goods enormously. It happened with all of those “stimulus payments” the feds gave out a few years ago. Sellers knew every buyer suddenly had two thousanad bucks in their pocket that they didn’t have a month ago. So guess what. The next time you went to the grocery store, all of a sudden a pound of ground beef was two thousnad bucks. Why? A raise in the money supply floats all boats. Not just yours. Only slightly exaggerating. But you get the drift.


11 posted on 12/09/2024 2:22:37 PM PST by 4Runner (Watch. Wallet. Gun. Right foot! Left foot! Thank God for guns! --Denny Crane)
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To: llevrok

If you wanted to understand leftist Economics you needed a degree in toiletology.

They flush everything down the drain.


12 posted on 12/09/2024 2:22:37 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Meanwhile, the minimum wage is going up...again...on January 1rst.

And guess who just got a raise...

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-pay-increases-engineer-and-related-licensed-positions-across-new

Focus on the “related licensed positions”.

I’m betting the devil is in the details.


13 posted on 12/09/2024 2:23:01 PM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Dan_Frisbie

https://ballotpedia.org/Kathy_Hochul


14 posted on 12/09/2024 2:23:02 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Dan_Frisbie

“ When is she up for re-election?
Fall of 2025?”

Don’t go there. my always puts in someone worse. Like Chicago just did


15 posted on 12/09/2024 2:23:16 PM PST by stanne
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To: 4Runner

Yup—we have seen the same thing with the electric vehicle tax credits.

I am sure there are many more examples.


16 posted on 12/09/2024 2:23:45 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: MNJohnnie
---- "NY State is like $170,000,000,000 in debt"

Actually, about $21K per person and in aggregate....

Source: NY Debt -- $432.4 billion and rising fast

So handing out "free money" is a fool's game. And Hochul is a fool.

17 posted on 12/09/2024 2:25:50 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the Dems only solution is to hand out money to people, they are completely out of ideas.


18 posted on 12/09/2024 2:28:08 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Deep State doesn’t hire the front office appearance types for brains.

Also from NYS, Chemung County of P’Nut and Fred infamy...

https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/new-votes-on-pay-raises-for-elected-appointed-officials-in-chemung-county/

Average per capita income in that county, per the Census Dept, is about $34 K.

But we’re all cash cows to Deep State.


19 posted on 12/09/2024 2:33:29 PM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

We will now pay you to endure our incompetence.


20 posted on 12/09/2024 2:35:35 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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