Guiding True Political Reform in the State of New York
25 May
Rush Limbaugh offers his take HERE. Former statewide candidate John Faso says: “Tom Golisano’s departure is one very large canary in the coalmine. Will New York finally get the message?” HERE.
Some other takes from: BuffaloRising HERE, On the Wilder Side HERE and Economic Freedom HERE, Michelle Malkin HERE and Stop Wasting Money HERE.
But we want to hear your take! Tell us in the comments section.
13 Responses for "More Reaction"
Having worked in health care for over 30 years, I see one of the biggest issues is the FREE care we give to our teens who are having babies at age 13!!!!
We need to find a solution that decreases pregnancy as a status symbol. We need to limit benefits and somehow make the male half of this pregnancy responsible, keep the girls in school and make them all go to work to pay the taxes we pay for their care!!!!
Also: BIRTH CONTROL, BIRTH CONTROL, BIRTH CONTROL. Giving it away free and teaching proper use will cost less than paying for all these kids out of wedlock. Why should we pay for so much and let the pharmaceutical companies get richer????? Birth control pills and IUDs are petroleum products!!! The oil companies are also rich! These products cost pennies to produce, but marketed too expensive for these kids to afford.
The solutions are common sense!
I would be right behind you in moving to Florida or Texas if my wife would move. We have two grandchildren 5 minutes to the East of us - 13 & 8 - and two grandchildren 5 minutes to the south of us - 12 & 9 ; She is in the center of her universe and while she loves to travel she also attend all the scouting awards nites, the choir recitals, the piano recitals, the orchestra performances, volleyball games, and baseball games. Having been married 47 years and and nine months to this loving woman I cannot convince her to move. She also tells me she has her house and yard just the way she wants them.
I totally support Mr. Golisano’s move, and his reasoning. I am moving my family and business from Marcellus, NY to Greenville, SC in August. I have just reached the limit here. The move is primarily for my teenage children so they might have much better job opportunities.
I really like living in the Fingerlakes, but I cant justify the taxes, taxes, taxes. I really wish things had changed for the better in the past 20 years. But, it is what it is and I had to make a choice.
Every year we get the same old whining about how poorly the government is run…but the incumbents always get re-elected. You CANNOT have change by putting the same folks in power.
Take a chance and vote for someone new, vote down the school budgets (your kids will be ok), keep unions in check, get rid of the “cadillac” of welware systems.
Take back your state, no more lip service…just do it or stop complaining.
I agree completely with Mr. Golisano. This state is run by the New York City elites and the rest of the state is left out in the cold. If my husband and I could right now, we would move out of state. In a few years, we will. It is impossible to change this state with the Democratic and Republican mafia at the helm. There’s a ton of “Pork” in the various departments of state gov’t. and their employee benefits are out of control. Their philosophy is “Sock it to ‘em.” Well, guys, you’ll be left with New York City. The rest of the state will be empty!
In Florida, in addition to all of the above. We have no snow removal with which to contend . Roads stay in a better state of repair and cars last longer because there is no caustic rust creator on our roads. Clothing here is much less costly. Fresh food is in abundance. Life expectancy is extended an average of ten additional years. Why anyone would stay in New York is beyond me. Sixty years was enough and there are no regrets. we like to come back ocacsionally to rub salt in wounds and see what is new as far as new taxes and costs.
My background is financial managment and financial operations consulting which includes having functioned as a turnaround specialist. Have also sat on 3 school boards which has caused me to be become extremely concerned about the attempt to justify increases by using the credo that the better teachers are paid the better the education. Having been involved with both public and private school boards and comparing the salaries and educational qualities of both I find it hard to accept the apparent lack of understanding overall fiscal responsiblity by a number of public schools . I am a big admirer of Mr Golsanio having watched him start Paychex and watched it grow thru prudent mangment and business skills and am very disappointed that he has been forced to move due to what the state is imposing on local business people. Certain unions seem to have forgotten what generates the funds that has allowed NYS to provide the various benefits it has in the past. There’s an old adage ” One shoudn’t bite the hand that feed’s it” and if NYS continues to drive out businesses and outstanding owners that fuel our economy then we have no one to blame but ourselves. History has proven that to survive one must change with changing situations and those that are incapable of adapting fall by the waysid.
As a small business owner, I am extremely frustrated about the health care costs in NY. Because I have struggled to provide health care for my employees in the past, I am not eligible for Healthy NY!!! I am now at a disadvantage! On top of that, I just got the news that, in the middle of the year, premiums are being increased because of NYS surcharges. Help!! Does anyone know what state officials I should complain to?
Diana Singer
Kids First Childcare, Inc Owner
Until New York City becomes its own District and is not supported by Upstate NY we will continually have this problem. Just take property,state tax, gas & liquor taxes alone and add them up. Take that entire total and show us where it goes. If someone actually accounted for every penny we would probably have a surplus and not a deficit. Too many people would wind up in the river if this was challenged, hence we live with it or move out of the state. What we don’t see are all the “kickbacks” to Politicians. What we do see is too many people and business’ leaving the state. Go out on your own NYC. You can take all the people that live off the system with you.
Dave M
I do not believe that we will be reading too many comments suggesting that Mr. Golisano is making a mistake. New York state is losing our lone “Maverick, ” the one individual who has spent a tremendous amount of his own money trying to get our state leaders to do the right thing. We need to start doing our fair share.
I think we all agree we pay too much for healthcare and taxes and that we are at a disadvantage in comparison to other states. Corruption is rampant and should not be tolerated. We need fresh faces with fresh ideas. It is time to vote the incumbents out in order to initiate change. I would recommend individuals who have a business background and realize the correct balance between taxing and spending. Otherwise I see not only our wealthy leaving, but small and big business leaving.
Once we start to do the right things, I can see individuals like Mr. Golisano coming back to the great state of New York!
I’ll continue to pay my fair share, but start spending the money responsibly!
I agree with Tom Golisano. NYS is not an easy place to live and conduct business. Between the taxes, the cost of doing business, the property, sales taxes, the taxes on every single service we use, including phone and cell phone, its our of control.
I agree with Mr. Webber. We need government programs, but there is a balance that we need to find between spending enough and spending too much. New York is not even close. Our state government needs several years of cutbacks, in my opinion, to get anywhere near this balance.
As an individual citizen, I don’t know what more I can do to help. We fed-up New Yorkers need to organize and stand up to Albany — especially to the Three Men in a Room. We need a MoveOn.org-like organization — perhaps Responsible New York can be that.
Tom Golisano has articulated the very reason NY is in fiscal disaster, unchecked spending and higher taxes.
While consolidation of government is a start, the state needs to consolidate the 860 public authorities created to circumvent the constitutional restrictions on borrowing. If all of the public authority debt was consolidated into NY’s general debt, is would surpass the entire 2009-2010 budget. Now that is disgraceful.
Instead of cutting spending, Patterson has increased spending by almost 10% even though we are in a severe recession. Then to add insult to injury, he signs into law one of the largest tax increases in history actually exceeding his original proposal of 4.6 billion by almost 100% or 8 billion.
Is this the reform New Yorkers expected?
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