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| Albany politicians get 'time to kill' emails warning of violence if tax on rich expires | |
| 2011-10-06 | |
| Top state pols have received emails threatening violence unless an expiring tax on millionaires is kept. "Hey King Andrew and friends! It's time to tax the millionaires," the email begins, presumably referring to Gov. Cuomo. The subject is "Time to kill the wealthy." It's the second time since April a threatening email has been sent to state leaders with the subject line "Time to kill." Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Long Island) were among a number of targeted lawmakers. A spokesman for Gov. Cuomo couldn't immediately say whether his boss got one. State police are investigating. Referring to Cuomo's recent announcement that five high-tech companies were investing in upstate New York, the email talks of shooting up and firebombing Albany-area upscale restaurants, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus, and even the homes of tech employees. The email demands state leaders "stop shoveling wealth from the lower 99% into the top 1%" and slams the no new taxes pledge. It calls on them to spread the wealth and to start by raising the tax rate on New York's millionaires. A tax surcharge on the rich is set to expire at the end of the year. While Assembly and Senate Democrats have argued for the tax, Cuomo and Senate Republicans blocked its renewal. "You're going to do it, or we are going to sow the kind of chaos you are unequipped to deal with," the email warns. Alinsky...Cloward-Piven...Obumble
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| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 I notice that this e-mail sending nutcase uses the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd's terminology. "stop shoveling wealth from the lower 99% into the top 1%" Therefore he might be part of that Leftist group of morons, a fellow traveller, or simply "inspired" by them. We can expect more threats of violence and even the real thing in the coming months. With big name Dems, including Obama, praising these clowns some of them might feel justified in doing serious violence, and it just may rebound on the Dems. |
| Posted by: Rifle 308 2011-10-06 18:00 |
| #6 I think London, U.K. would take them. Oh noes another load of wealthy people! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-06 16:56 |
| #5 This is Obama's world. Where is big Sis. Where are the media. This is only the beginning. This is the only thing they can do. They can't fix anything. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-10-06 16:46 |
| #4 I suggest Sedalia, Missouri for the new National Stock Exchange. It is centrally located in the country, it has access to several major fiber optic transfer centers, the land is cheap, and the weather is no worse than what New Yorkers are already used to. Plus, the taxes are MUCH lower and the people are friendlier. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-10-06 16:32 |
| #3 It would be entertaining if the seat owners of the NYSE closed shop and moved it elsewhere. I read somewhere the financial district pays 1/2 the city's taxes. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-06 13:32 |
| #2 It's envy, that most evil of emotions. Not content to see someone enjoy the fruits of their own labours they'd rather take it away from them, even if it harms them! This is the one emotion that should never be sated. Which is why Marxism (the political embodiment of Envy is pure evil). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-06 11:26 |
| #1 I see the tolerant brownshirts of the left are working hard to bring order and unity to the country. /sarc |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-10-06 11:08 |