[durasell]

We get nowhere near our fair share of federal money because we send too much money to Washington. We send too much money to Washington because we earn more, and although the cost of living is much higher here, we pay more in taxes too. Cut taxed on the so-called rich, and we'd send less money to Washington, relative to the rest of the country. Period.





This is the basic line of the tax parity people.

[conservative in nyc]

My only point is you can't both complain about New York not getting its fair share of federal funds and then vote to increase taxes on the so-called rich. Doing so will only increase what some Canadians sometimes call the "fiscal imbalance" up there (when refering to Quebec (perceived), Ontario and Alberta paying more than they get back from Ottawa). The Democrats' tax hike on the so-called rich will cause New York to get even less back relative to the rest of the states.

I'm not the one complaining that New York doesn't get its fair share of federal funds - Charlie Rangel is. And he'll be the first to want to "rollback" tax cuts for the so-called rich. I am sick of that phrase - the tax man isn't Wal*Mart. A rollback of tax cuts is a tax increase. Period.