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- Dr. Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Life of Johnson, Sept. 1783
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Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Taxing Til We Drop, by By E.J. McMAHON (See also NY Fiscal Watch.) "BY any standard, the revenue bill passed by the state Legislature last week was a real blockbuster - raising taxes on a scale that would dwarf anything enacted during the rolling fiscal crisis that punctuated Gov. Mario Cuomo's tenure. Consider:
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* * * * Meanwhile, Mayor Bloomberg was pleased as punch with the new arrangements - even though much of it will come from his own constituents:
BUT while Mayor Mike rejoices ("It's going to be a wonderful day and a nice weekend," he said Friday), city-dwellers should mull this: Bloomberg sold this year's property-tax hike by promising an offsetting income-tax reduction. Now, under the Bruno-Silver-Bloomberg plan, not only would Gothamites get no offsetting tax cut; they'd actually be hit with four big added hikes - in the city sales tax, the state sales tax, city income tax and state income tax. " [more]
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