Posted by
rycK on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:01:09 AM
Mindless Tax-Whoring in New York as Usual. Tax Sodas
and iPods.
The first
resort of a social parasite is to rip off anything of value from any convenient pedestrian like a purse snatcher in need of
an urgent fix or like a crafty pick pocket and then to run down the alleyway and consume or
sell the booty in the darkness away from the eyes of the mark. The second
resort of a social parasite is to perform the same circus act while standing on
a podium as an elected official replete with the sobs and moans of ‘hard times’
or other pathetic excuses. The net effects are always the same: the parasites
waste your tax monies.
From the new
governor in New York, we see both views in the same
snapshot. Given any financial emergency,
which happens hourly in NYC, the solution to any and all problems is to hike
taxes. No matter that high taxes drive away the citizens and discourage
tourists—the only real source of revenue for this rust belt state with no
future and a haven for illegal aliens, drug dealers, criminals and worse. Let
us tax tourists and give the money away to the criminals and illegal aliens in
the form of free medical care or for translators so public defenders can
communicate with perpetrators in their own language at our expense in emergency
wards or in the courts. That is egalitarianism in full blossom. Let us
experiment with ‘new’ educational programs!
The
witless flunky who earned the governorship of the Empire State after Spitball #9
was disgraced now calls for a myriad of new mini taxes and only token cuts of
employees in the state.
The glubberance in E minor:
“Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes,
including an "iPod tax" that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other
"digitally delivered entertainment services."-- Gov. David Paterson Unveils Dire New
York State Budget That Includes New Taxes, Layoffs And Cuts by Kenneth Lovett and
Glenn Blain Daily News Albany Bureau Updated Tuesday, December 16th 2008, 10:21
PM [Emphasis is mine in all quotes.]
And we
expected something else?
“The proposal, which needs legislative
approval, did not include broad-based income tax increases, but relied on smaller
ones to raise $4.1 billion from cash-strapped New Yorkers.”
I noticed that
$15.4 minus $4.1 leaves a certain arithmetic residual of about 10 billion
dollars and this tidy difference is not explained in the article. Perhaps NY
will cut spending?
Maybe there is nearly $11 billion here:
-A 3.3%, or $698
million, reduction in school aid.
-$3.5 billion in
health care savings, including reductions in payments to hospitals and nursing
homes.
-Video slot
machines at Belmont Park, more multistate lottery games and
expanded hours for the state's Quick Draw lottery game.
-Layoffs for 521
state workers and the elimination of seven state agencies.
I was a peddler
in NYC for 2 years in the mid to late 70s about the time when the ‘hot dog’ tax
was employed. The city has been ruined since then. I am surprised the subways
still work. The net effect here is to soak the tourists in the mistaken belief
that they will continue to pay higher and higher prices without complaint. The
article accurately states that the citizen victims of the state will go to New Jersey or elsewhere to escape taxes on
cigars, beer and wines. Higher gas taxes are met by the same maneuvers. When
does the smuggling start? Sounds like the best business opportunity in New York today.
The political tax
theory here is based on a Patterson comment at the end of the article, upended
here for emphasis:
“"If you start taxing at times when [revenues
are] receding, you'll drive job creators out of the state," Paterson said.”
This is well said
so the direction of the taxes must be upon others. But, any business
calculation can easily show that tourists actually do make some cost estimates when decent hotel
rooms in NYC run about $350 a night and a short taxi trip costs $20. How much does a Broadway Show cost and why are
they closing down? Too expensive? Lower Tourism? Wine is $15 a glass (in the
cheap joints) and a decent breakfast at the Waldorf is $45. Dinner at the Tavern on the Green is
astronomical. Since the bonuses for the Wall Street investment banking people
have been cut we can wonder if there will be a bit less spending in the city.
Many of these good and highly talented folk work for a pittance in hope of a
juicy bonus at the end of the year. They are going to be thrilled with a host
of new petty taxes.
NYC is probably
not the best place for any financial business any more. How about Richmond or Nashville or Charleston? NY, NJ and CA are clearly going
down the latrines with their phony
social programs and celebration of illegal aliens, narcotics, “education” and
sleaze. Why go to NYC any more?
The opposition wants tax the rich as usual:
“Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver [a Democrat of course ed.],
who supports a so-called millionaire tax, has said he'd "rather have a
broad-based tax than nickel-and-dime" people.”
There is one
glaring option absent here and we can wonder how many minutes it will take to
get this wonderful solution interjected into the next bawling session: Federal bailout.
There is NO limit to how much money Washington can ship to NYC to ‘help out’ and
‘rescue’ liberalism. Lets just print money and shovel it onto the Amtrak trains
and throw it around the rail stations. With federal funds, the job creators are stuck
unless they escape the country. After all, the corporate tax in the US is second only to Japan’s mess and
that is phony anyway. Should we look for business opportunities outside the US?
Any liberal knows you can just tax the citizens of any state
into prosperity. Look how well California is doing.
Raise taxes!!
There is NO LIMIT to how much money you can raise for social programs and
‘schools’ in NY. Send Federal Money!
rycK
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