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| De Blasio Says He's a 'Fiscal Conservative' Raising NYC Taxes |
| 2013-10-06 |
| [BLOOMBERG] Bill de Blasio, who won the Democratic mayoral nomination vowing to tax New York's richest residents to pay for universal pre-school, called himself a "fiscal conservative" in a speech to business leaders. Speaking before 800 executives hosted by the Association for a Better New York today, de Blasio, 52, was interrupted by applause at least 10 times as he told the civic group he would use the mayoralty to fight economic inequality. In a speech to ABNY exactly one year ago, a smaller audience sat in silence. "I want to pleasantly shock the room and say I'm a fiscal conservative," de Blasio said, responding to a questioner seeking lower hotel-occupancy taxes. "I'm a progressive-activist fiscal conservative, but I'm still a fiscal conservative. We can't talk about tax cuts in any sector until we sort out our financial situation." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 That's the Donk strategy--call yourself what you are not and call your enemies what you are! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-10-06 16:30 |
| #6 I'm a progressive-activist fiscal conservative… At first glance that may seem like a contradiction in terms. It’s not unlike Howard Dean routinely claiming to be a deficit hawk. The key, of course, is they want the ability to choose who has to pay for their spending and who gets special treatment. If you need further information consult your Progressive handbook for the term “Fairness”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2013-10-06 10:30 |
| #5 the Assoc for a better NY has very few actual businesse invovled; most of the executives at the Blasio event were from probably from public do-good type groups or private businesses that advocate for do-good causes |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-10-06 09:12 |
| #4 Ramping up for his post politics career of stand-up comic. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-10-06 08:57 |
| #3 "fiscal conservative" So Attila the Hun and Ghangiz Khan were also, looting to fill the coffers of their form of government. Let's review three principles that are not part of the Socialist-Marxist manifesto - Thou shall not covet. Thou shall not bear false witness. Thou shall not steal. BTW - universal pre-school aka Head Start has been shown to have no significant effect upon populations once they've reached the third grade. Just another AGW type Leftest hype that chooses to ignore reality. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-10-06 08:14 |
| #2 The richest ones will make the adjustments recommended by their oh so clever tax lawyers to pay no more than they did before, because living in NYC is fun when one is rich. The middle class will pay more taxes, and the poor will not be the ones to benefit from the enriched government coffers. No matter what promises were made. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-10-06 01:52 |
| #1 The richest ones will leave. Maybe government services should be cut. But nobody will vote for someone that will put the city on an even keel. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-10-06 00:27 |