Here is what some are saying. A memo from Karen Delmonico, executive director of the Greater Watertown North Country Chamber of Commerce.
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Dear GWNC Chamber Member:
We need your immediate help to stop the NYS Legislature from adopting a new state budget that will seriously harm Upstate.
Facing a budget shortfall of $16 billion and a profound economic crisis, the Governor and legislature have proposed a budget that ignores economic common sense, crushes New Yorkers with $7 billion in new taxes, $9 billion in new spending, and slams the brakes on our hopes for recovery. Their budget included:
- A
three-year income tax surcharge on small businesses;
- An
additional $230M in new taxes on health insurance on top of over
$500M added in February's deficit-reduction package;
- Surcharges on gas and electric utility companies that the industry says will end up costing consumers at least $500 million.
Upstate New York currently has five representatives in the Senate Majority. Together, they can STOP the other 27 members of their party - all of whom hail from downstate - from passing a budget that has negative economic implications for Upstate residents. But only if they hear it from all of us that live in Upstate New York.
Senator Aubertine: PH: 518-455-2761 FX: 518-426-6946 Email: Aubertine@senate.state.ny.us
Senator Valesky: 518-455-2838
Senator Breslin: 518-455-2225
Senator Thompson: 518-455-3371
Senator Stachowski: 518-455-2426
Our Assembly representatives contact information is:
Assemblywoman Jenne-Russell: PH: 518-455-4100 FX: 518-455-5751
Assemblywoman
Scozzafava: PH:
518-455-5797 FX:
518-455-5289
Please contact them now. They will be voting tomorrow!
Karen K. Delmonico
President & CEO
Greater Watertown-North Country Chamber of Commerce
1241 Coffeen St
Watertown, NY 13601
Ph: 315-788-4400
Fx: 315-788-3369
Email: karen@watertownny.com
Or perhaps you want to read Empire Center for New York State Policy's "A Job-Killing Budget"
9 comments:
What a message to send struggling businesses in the middle of a recession --
We'll tax you more, raise your cost of doing business and wish you luck.
The only sensible response is to wave goodbye and take even more jobs out of the area.
Jefferson County already has an 11% unemployment rate. Will the Democrats not stop until it's 100%?
Karen, excuse me for not following you! We are not suppose to raise taxes, or cut services, but yet we have a budget shortfall. So, Karen where does the money come from. The old saying is you cannot have your cake and eat it to.
I would suggest that the members keep the dues they pay the chamber this year. I have always felt that you got an empty bag of groceries for the investment.
Again Karen I challange you, show me the money so that the painful cuts do not have to be made. Carry on Adie, Darrel and all the others. You are paid to make decisions that sometimes are painful.
I'm with Gov Silver. Raise them taxes. Screw them citizens. Cut nothing.
7:12 Cut the dishonest response. Or, do whatever you want. Are you defending a 9% increase in spending? Does ya think anything could have been cut?
Ya know, it had to get worse before it got better. The Great One gave us some money, which allow Scummer Silver to keep on spending. The Gov has been destroyed by special interest groups, and Smith is to green (that means NEW, NOT making any reference to race here, Green means inexperienced, no foolish emotional letters here)to have any influence. Therefore, Scummer leads. Scummer won.
It's ok. We can wait another year before we think on anything.
Fact check:
The Democrat budget raises spending by 10 percent!
The Democrat budget raises taxes by $8.5 billion!
The Democrat budget gives NY the highest income tax rate in the nation!
Why would anyone have a problem with any of that?
I had heard less than 9%, but hey, why quibble over a few bucks we don't have. After every starts to hide thier money the math won't work out anyway.
Bottom line is we just don't care. As Frog once said, it's about who gets the credit or the blame. He is right about that one.
I just hoped we would take a step towards reality. I did not realize how deep into the scum our leaders actually were. Fine group of people.
We all have to sacrifice in order to put NYS back on the right course. That may mean higher taxes and fewer services.
Quit whining and do your part. Be patriotic.
11:17,
please don't get too excited to hear from me, but i just want to correct your misstatement. you're confused -- i never said that, and actually at the time i was arguing for the opposite, that it's stupid to obsess over the credit/blame game. the relevant comment thread is here. and for the millionth time, how do you know i'm a "he" and not a "she"? do you really want to convince everyone you're sexist, in addition to all your other fine qualities?
Well hello my little tadpole.
Nope, I'm not 11:17, that's another sensible individual.
My advice to you is to keep your head down for a bit. Stay out of the road. All this anger about your party and the budget will soon pass. You will then be able to slip back into talking about
Bluuuueeee Liiiiiines
Hey Frog. This is what you wanted. The Dems rule the state. Congrats.
How about publishing Darrel's local number?
It's 782-3418.
They don't always answer and almost never return messages.
But he'll get the message anyway if we tie up the lines.
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