Does anybody actually think that this tax will go to shelters? Maybe in the first year, but you can be sure that once a budget impasse hits, guess what tax will be raised first? This is just another excuse to raise the already significant tax burden that we New Yorkers have. Its a joke. I voted for Senator Padavan to help reduce my tax bill, not increase it. I love my cats but paying an extra tax on their food is so stupid.
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i say no, i have two dogs and seven cats and things have just gotten way to expensive in the... [MORE]
jess
Mar 20, 2008 11:12
On the surface this may not sound so bad. It may help curb the number of people with more animals... [MORE]
Reptasia
May 14, 2007 23:35
NAIS, surcharges on dog licenses, now another proposed expense for pet owners? NYS residents are the highest taxed in the... [MORE]
BDC
May 4, 2007 16:45
I have animals and I feel a kinship with all other people who love animals and take on the responsible... [MORE]
Caryn
Apr 22, 2007 19:02
It would make a LOT more sense for the money to go toward SPAY-NEUTER of animals which would PREVENT the... [MORE]
Tammi
Apr 22, 2007 10:59
Nobody likes taxes, but nobody likes animals dying.
But if pet owners are essentially responsible for animals in shelters, why let... [MORE]
Kevin Degidon
Apr 21, 2007 13:54
This is unexceptable! I'm absolutely furious. NYS receives probably tens of millions of dollars on sales tax revenue from the... [MORE]
Margie Oliveira
Jun 1, 2007 12:32
Let the tax pass. Shelters and rehabilitators would fare much better by this "self-regulation" than they do now getting nickels... [MORE]
It's about time!
Apr 20, 2007 13:54
If the money goes to saving condemned animals OK, but some how I suspect that it won't... [MORE]
Alan
Apr 20, 2007 10:38
The title is misleading. The tax is on supplies, not on pets. We're trying to do this in Michigan and... [MORE]
Dee Gage
Apr 20, 2007 10:24
Say good bye to your Senate Seat. There is as much chance of the proceeds from this tax going for... [MORE]
Jack
Apr 20, 2007 09:56
Does anybody actually think that this tax will go to shelters? Maybe in the first year, but you can be...