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AuH20
11-05-2009, 09:21 AM
this is my neck of the woods & lets just say that the producers are starting to get ornery:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/ny_tax_revolt_1Fzn1f4s6AJdlj3DK20AjP


The public may not comprehend these multibillion-dollar messes. But it does know that it's paying among the nation's highest property taxes. Citizens also see a political culture dominated by public-sector unions and other special interests that view taxpayers and business as simply a source of revenue to sustain salaries, pensions and benefits for those on the public payroll.

New York faces a real crisis that won't be solved by another round of tax hikes. The state, its localities and school districts will have to fit their spending within available revenues, which are likely to shrink over the next two years.

Recent Census data indicate that almost 2 million New Yorkers fled the state over the last decade. They're leaving for new jobs, lower taxes and better opportunities. The only thing sustaining state government in recent years has been revenues produced in part by the now-exploded Wall Street bubble.

kahless
11-05-2009, 10:36 AM
this is my neck of the woods & lets just say that the producers are starting to get ornery:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/ny_tax_revolt_1Fzn1f4s6AJdlj3DK20AjP

It is an up hill battle here since there are millions of politically uneducated as well as great society types, unions and parasites that feed off the system that out number the hard working taxpayers.