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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-15/new-yorkers-favor-tax-increases-over-health-education-cuts-poll-shows.html
New Yorkers Favor Higher Taxes Over Spending Cuts, Poll Shows
By Michael Quint - Nov 15, 2010 12:44 PM
More than half of New York state voters oppose spending cuts in education or health care, “even if it means raising taxes,” according to a Siena Research Institute poll.
Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, who faces a $9 billion budget gap next year, “is going to have his work cut out for him” said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg. Opposition among legislators to spending cuts delayed approval of this year’s budget until August, four months after the start of the fiscal year.
Cuomo was elected Nov. 2 with 61 percent of the vote after campaigning on promises to freeze taxes and state workers’ salaries. He is required to submit a budget by Feb. 1 for the fiscal year that begins April 1.
At a press conference last week, Cuomo, a Democrat, repeated his opposition to raising taxes and said details about spending cuts and the redesign of state programs would be part of his first budget.
Governor David Paterson, also a Democrat, wants lawmakers to return to Albany before Cuomo takes office Jan. 1, to close a $315 million gap in this year’s budget.
The 52 percent of voters opposed to spending cuts in the two largest parts of the state budget, education and health care, “is consistent with polls in February and March, during this year’s budget season,” Greenberg said in a telephone interview.
The telephone survey of 802 registered voters by Loudonville-based Siena was conducted Nov. 8-10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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Response by Riversider
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Yea, right...
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Response by jason10006
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Not to sound bipolar, but New York is a particular basket case when it comes to wasteful spending and high taxes. To wit: the top marginal rate in California starts at $500,000 per year, versus $36k in New York. Etc. On a national level, the rich should pay more. In New York, our system is so screwed up I think we are about at our limit.
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Response by bob_d
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Higher taxes will just encourage even more rich people to move to Connecticut, resulting in less taxes collected in the long run.
It's not the same on a national level--moving to another country is a lot more difficult than moving to Connecticut.
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Response by jason10006
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I have a buddy who makes $80-100k per year. MAX. Moving from Manhattan to Newport Beach gave him an AFTER TAX bump of $1000 per month. In my tax bracket, it would be even more of a bump. Imagine paying less in taxes by moving to CALIFORNIA!!!!!
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Response by huntersburg
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I bet that if you split the respondents into net taxpayers and net benefit recipients, you'd find more insight than taking the New York population as a whole for this question.
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Response by aboutready
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huntersburg, at what point can you define that? someone who has three kids in public school receives about $90k in benefits, but someone with only one may very well be just as interested in keeping the public school options viable, depending on their situation.
as jason points out, the tax burden starts at a very low point in NY and NYC. i don't know how to determine who net benefits. i do know that i read recently that 20 percent of new york city residents now get food stamps. 20 f'ng percent.
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Response by huntersburg
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Yes, there is a spectrum. At the ends of the spectrum, the 20% getting food stamps probably want more benefits more taxes. And the other end of the spectrum, less benefits & less taxes. I'm just saying that polling the whole population to ask the one question isn't as insightful as if you did some segmentation.
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Response by huntersburg
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Although I should take it all back and just read the first sentence of APTBOY's post.
Yea, right...
Not to sound bipolar, but New York is a particular basket case when it comes to wasteful spending and high taxes. To wit: the top marginal rate in California starts at $500,000 per year, versus $36k in New York. Etc. On a national level, the rich should pay more. In New York, our system is so screwed up I think we are about at our limit.
Higher taxes will just encourage even more rich people to move to Connecticut, resulting in less taxes collected in the long run.
It's not the same on a national level--moving to another country is a lot more difficult than moving to Connecticut.
I have a buddy who makes $80-100k per year. MAX. Moving from Manhattan to Newport Beach gave him an AFTER TAX bump of $1000 per month. In my tax bracket, it would be even more of a bump. Imagine paying less in taxes by moving to CALIFORNIA!!!!!
I bet that if you split the respondents into net taxpayers and net benefit recipients, you'd find more insight than taking the New York population as a whole for this question.
huntersburg, at what point can you define that? someone who has three kids in public school receives about $90k in benefits, but someone with only one may very well be just as interested in keeping the public school options viable, depending on their situation.
as jason points out, the tax burden starts at a very low point in NY and NYC. i don't know how to determine who net benefits. i do know that i read recently that 20 percent of new york city residents now get food stamps. 20 f'ng percent.
Yes, there is a spectrum. At the ends of the spectrum, the 20% getting food stamps probably want more benefits more taxes. And the other end of the spectrum, less benefits & less taxes. I'm just saying that polling the whole population to ask the one question isn't as insightful as if you did some segmentation.
Although I should take it all back and just read the first sentence of APTBOY's post.