New York reps like Shumer, Carolyn Maloney and Hillary Clinton never address the fact that any income tax increase hits their constituents more than any others in the country. Representatives from every other state look out for their constituency first, with our reps its not even an afterthought. When we had the retroactive Clinton tax hike in the 1990's the majority of the revenue confiscated came from taxpayers living within 25 miles of NYC and the state of California.
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It's foolish to let Schumer frame the discussion. He knows as well as anyone else how much revenue is coming... [MORE]
Arthur Dieli
Jul 31, 2007 17:08
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StaicNoise
Jul 31, 2007 11:28
New York reps like Shumer, Carolyn Maloney and Hillary Clinton never address the fact that any income tax increase hits...