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2009-03-29 Home Front: Politix

New York Income Tax Rise Hinted as Budget Gap Grows

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 That's not discretionary spending. Those are Human Rights of which you would be Violating.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-03-29 00:23|| 2009-03-29 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, Human Hights violations. They're not bribes to voters, no sir!

Posted by SteveS 2009-03-29 08:13|| 2009-03-29 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 "We are right now on the verge of cuts and service reductions that I would have to describe as life threatening,"

There are two levels of life threatening cuts. Those that reveal that the product or services were not essential, that society and economy will muddle through as they did before such items even existed, and therefore are terminal to politicians whose death grasp upon them brought the viability of the state into jeopardy. Then there are those which indeed directly effect the health, safety, and basis of economy that politicians will resort to 'first cut' to teach the serfs that they must know their place in tax servitude by their betters. The former only is life threatening to politicians. The latter to the people they ~~fleece~~ serve.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-29 09:07|| 2009-03-29 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 NY state has been in iffy financial condition since 9/11. The state bore the economic brunt of the attack in many ways. Yeah, there's plenty of dysfunction in NY as well, but the problems aren't all or even primarily due to discretionary spending.

Posted by lotp 2009-03-29 19:35|| 2009-03-29 19:35|| Front Page Top

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