uyf

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:11:20 -0500

we deserve the commuter tax and then some for all the grief that the state doles out to the city. SECEDE NOW!!!!!

Larry Littlefield

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:40:53 -0500

The rest of the state has treated NYC unfairly in 100 ways, but the repeal of the commuter tax is not one of them. The taxes paid by the businesses the commuters work in and patronize far exceeds the cost of their services -- that's why the suburbs seek to attract NYC businesses but keep out less well of residents through zoning. Silver should have insisted on the repeal of some of the 100 ripoffs along with the commuter tax repeal. The state school funding formula is so slanted that the city would be $1 billion better off if there was no state school aid, despite our needy children. The local share of Medicaid is higher in NYC than elsewhere in the state too. These sorts of ripoffs cost a lot more than the commuter tax brought in.

Gothamist: Bloomberg Hates Silver and His Commuter Tax Repealing Ways

uyf

Larry Littlefield