New York Decides to Abandon "iPod Tax"

[Guest]

Last year, New York Governor David Paterson announced his administration would look into instituting a state tax on purchased digital music. That plan has now been abandoned.

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[Startingline13]

As a New Yorker myself, I was furious when I heard about this. Patterson is trying to tax us to death, as if our taxes aren't high enough at the moment. You almost feel trapped to the point where anything you want to do, leisure or not, will be taxed greatly.
They Wonder why so many New Yorkers move from the state and head down south, but who can blame them? You can buy a house for half the price and twice the size as a place in New York.

 

[Startingline13]

As a New Yorker myself, I was furious when I heard about this. Patterson has been trying to tax us to death for anything and everything, yet gives members of his office pay increases.

Who can blame all of the people who are moving from New York to the states down south? You can get a home down there for half the price yet twice the size.

 

[Trialsking]

"gigantic flip-flop,"

Can we also call this a giga-flop!?!?!

 

[AdamB5000]

When will all forms of government learn that raising taxes is not an answer to balance budgets? Decrease spending and live within your means. That's the ticket to a balanced budget. If you have increase revenues you WILL have increased spending. That has always and will always be the case.

"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." -Winston Churchill

 

[outacontrolpimp]

Maybe they wouldnt be in such a disaster if they wouldnt have bought that new yankee stadium, that stadium came out of the new york city budget. nice?

 

[Warsaw]

[citation][nom]AdamB5000[/nom]"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." -Winston Churchill[/citation]

That quote made me Lol, love it =).

 

[Startingline13]

Yeah that new Yankee Stadium is a rip off. And you know who foots the bills for the insane salaries the players make? New Yorkers.

We have no money to pay for a new stadium, yet we can pay A-roid 24 million a year. You want to come watch us play? Fork over the cash for the field.

 

[Guest]

You folks do know that NY is paying very little for the stadium, right? Here's a tip... when you generate bonds for a stadium it is not a gift, those need to be repaid by the Yankees to the city of NY. The key expense is the low/zero interest... that is a real, and not insignificant expense; but don't confuse it with the loons who think the Yankees are getting 800Mil for the stadium.

And NY'ers are not paying AROD's salary! It's not like your tax money is going there... if folks are outraged over the salaries, then they'll stop going to games and watching TV and listening on the radio. Must we create villains to ensure that NY'ers are victims.

Here's a tip - stop electing corrupt politicians. Stop electing Democrats who thinking spending is the way to fix things. Complain about giving 1.4Bil to the DUBAI and a company (Global Foundries) that is chartered in the Caman islands (to get beneficial tax treatment!) for creation of ~1400 jobs (essentially 1mil/job created).

Stop electing people who spend like drunken sailors and then you can complain about a baseball team.

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]startingline13[/nom]As a New Yorker myself, I was furious when I heard about this. Patterson is trying to tax us to death, as if our taxes aren't high enough at the moment. You almost feel trapped to the point where anything you want to do, leisure or not, will be taxed greatly.They Wonder why so many New Yorkers move from the state and head down south, but who can blame them? You can buy a house for half the price and twice the size as a place in New York.[/citation]
try three times the size

I'm in texas our hosue costed us around 80,000 dollars and that was WITH 1.5 acres of land, my mom bought a trailer with 7.6 acres of land, with a pond on it (which she now rents out for 400/month) ,she paid 46,000 dollars for it. My neihbor's son works in new york and once told me he RENTS an apartment at 5,000/month. givien this fugure i imagine trher is no way in hell you could get a 7 acre plot with even a shack on it in NY for 46, thousand.
if youw ant to come down here and lvie you are welcome ! I wouldnt want to live in NY myself because of the cost.

P.S. keep in mine i live in the boonies, sounthern cities are a bit mroe expensive living than it is out here but i imagine still not as bad as up north cities.

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]getaclue[/nom]You folks do know that NY is paying very little for the stadium, right? Here's a tip... when you generate bonds for a stadium it is not a gift, those need to be repaid by the Yankees to the city of NY. The key expense is the low/zero interest... that is a real, and not insignificant expense; but don't confuse it with the loons who think the Yankees are getting 800Mil for the stadium.And NY'ers are not paying AROD's salary! It's not like your tax money is going there... if folks are outraged over the salaries, then they'll stop going to games and watching TV and listening on the radio. Must we create villains to ensure that NY'ers are victims.Here's a tip - stop electing corrupt politicians. Stop electing Democrats who thinking spending is the way to fix things. Complain about giving 1.4Bil to the DUBAI and a company (Global Foundries) that is chartered in the Caman islands (to get beneficial tax treatment!) for creation of ~1400 jobs (essentially 1mil/job created).Stop electing people who spend like drunken sailors and then you can complain about a baseball team.[/citation]


hmmm it wasn't the democrats that wasted the largest fortune ever on a war with a small insignificant nation that was never really a threat to us. and then turned around and used the only resource generated by that war to line their own pockets with cash while only giving that countries people a small portion of that money.

 

[Guest]

Demonhorde - are you kidding me? Many Democrats are complaining that IRAQ is NOT FOOTING ENOUGH OF THE BILL FOR RECONSTRUCTION and should use more of the their (IRAQ's) oil money to pay... and you have us believe we are effectively stealing the resource from them? Please take off the tinfoil hat before you type.

The STATE DEMOCRATS have run NY into the ground, it has become merely a step on the ladder to run for higher office (Congress, Senate, Governor... president?)and they put their own interest above the residents... and thankfully have folks like you to muddy the issue by reverting a comment about STATE policymakers to FEDERAL spending on a war. It's about NY, mis-using NY STATE tax (NOT FEDERAL!) money. If the STATE officials learned how to spend within their means, especially given the absurd tax rate (sales and property), they wouldn't need to create more artificial tax streams. THIS IS A STATE, NOT FEDERAL ISSUE! If you want to rail about the war and federal politicians go to the KOS. This kind of comment is the typical, mix the issues... when you have no real argument to make.

The irony is with the clampdown on bonuses and salaries by the state (which is appropriate), NY will be one of the states hit hardest as given the financial presence in NY, one of the large tax streams has significantly been cut down.

 

[enforcer22]

gettaclue. PLease try and form a thought before speaking out the hole that resides in your pants.. ty.

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]demonhorde665[/nom]hmmm it wasn't the democrats that wasted the largest fortune ever on a war with a small insignificant nation that was never really a threat to us.[/citation]

You should go over the roll call for the vote that authorized the war in Congress. By the way your stating that fact, Im thinking you would be surprised at how many Democrats voted FOR the war. Our new VP is one of them.

 

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