Share This On FacebookThose whom choose to tell their constituents ” We’ll Cut Taxes in 2010 and 2011″, were outright lied to. This TAX was supposed to “SUNSET”, meaning cease to exist on November 2011. This was another perfect time to HELP the people they REPRESENT get some Tax Relief. This is the 3rd time DC Legislators have placed revenue in the budget that relies on raising more or extending existing Taxes. Now NO Relief will be realized until 2013? Below is the article from the Poughkeepsie Journal Writer Larry Hertz from his online version. Sadly not an ounce of Ink was used to Print it in Todays Poughkeepsie Journal.
| Dutchess legislators approve another sales tax surcharge extension |
| POUGHKEEPSIE – It’s a biennial debate, and it usually breaks out along party lines. The Dutchess County Legislature, after some noisy debate, approved a home rule request asking the state legislature to authorize continuation of the three-quarter percent sales tax surcharge collected by the county, on top of the four percent normal state and three percent county sales taxes.
Democrat Joel Tyner, labeling the sales tax ‘regressive’, made his usual pitch for what he called a more ‘progressive’ income tax. Conservative James Doxsey, who usually caucuses with the Democrats, suggested this amounts to an increase in the level of taxation. “A lot of the residents were led to believe that this legislative body was going to cut taxes. Again, you’re going to be raising more revenue from the people, revenue that the people don’t have,” he said. Republican Michael Kelsey noted this is just a continuation of a tax that has been in place for some time. “This is not a new tax, a new sales tax. This is an extension of the level of sales tax that it was. Sales tax which, as other legislators pointed out was needed to balance our budget, keep that level; sales tax that, something that somebody can choose not to buy an item,” he said. Other Republicans challenged Democrats to identify revenues that would replace the $26 million that would be lost if the state legislature does not approve another two-year extension, through November 2013. There was no response. The legislature approved the request on mostly a party-line 18-5-1 vote, the single vote coming from Legislator Doxsey. “Revenue is easy to gain. My re-introduction again of the Repeal to the Amendment of the Stock Transfer Tax makes up for the State of New Yorks 12 BILLION Dollar Defecit. One swipe of the pen is all it takes to FIX New Yorks Financial Issues”. Call your Senators, Congressman, Assemblyman and Local Legislators to put an end to our Defecit. See my Repeal of the Amendment at: DOXSEY1.COM. |
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