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2021-03-17 Home Front: Politix

$100B from feds only inspires NY's Legislature to spend, tax even more

[NYPOST] As we predicted the other day, the Legislature is looking to take advantage of Gov. Andrew Sonny Cuomo

’s weakness to push tax hikes that New York can’t afford.Three days after OKing a full impeachment inquiry, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced a mind-numbing $208.3 billion spending plan, which includes a whopping 22.6 percent jump in general-fund outlays over last year, plus nearly $7 billion in tax hikes.

This comes as New York’s getting a huge $100 billion federal bailout, including $12.7 billion straight to state government. Indeed, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 45.27706 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
crowed last week that the new law just erased the state’s budget deficit and negated any need to raise taxes.

But the Legislature’s addiction to spending is strong; the bailout just gives it reason to get greedier. Heastie’s plan adds all manner of gifts for the Democratic majority’s allies, donors and special interests. No matter that dropping more cash into bloated social services and education budgets won’t put hurting New Yorkers back to work.

Yes, many of the new taxes are aimed at the rich alone. But it’s easier than ever for the rich to move away and pay no New York taxes — nor employ any New Yorkers. And Heastie’s $2.45 billion in new business taxes is basically a giant "kill some more jobs, please" sign.

"The combined state and city [income-tax] rate for city residents would top out at 15.75 percent, the highest in any state," notes the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon. Florida is rubbing its hands in anticipation.

Posted by Fred 2021-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 The money will solve nothing. Going down only direction they are headed.

Posted by Dale 2021-03-17 07:26|| 2021-03-17 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 ...tax even more

Which will only accelerate the movement of productive citizens and businesses out of New York State. I wish them much joy of it.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-17 12:59|| 2021-03-17 12:59|| Front Page Top

#3 ..next, you all work for the state which will determine what commission you get to keep from the revenue you may or may not generate.

Of course the only thing stopping them from doing just that is they can't afford to pay the pensions of those already working for the state.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-03-17 13:13|| 2021-03-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

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