Gothamist: Bloomberg May Raise Taxes By 15%

YELLOWFOOT

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:10:25 -0500

Its not just the extra 15% a yr. its the 15% on top of the ridiculous percentage we already pay.

TKaisen

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:47:38 -0500

Yay for another itemized deduction. /Bright side.

KosherPickle

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:58:55 -0500

Felix Hoenikker

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:55:54 -0500

What did everyone expect. The city made a lot on taxing all that funny money in Wall St. Poof! Now it's coming out of our pockets.

goyogago

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:57:16 -0500

"cut the budget and raise taxes. only a true economic genius like bloompig could have figured that one out." - #18 true. haha. what an egomaniac. i like how now that things are bad, we need him "more than ever"... yet he's had six seven years now to do something to prevent this, but hasn't. what a maniac.

Politburo

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:59:55 -0500

"Yeah, but go 24 miles farther and you've got Philly." Our mayor gave a similar budget pronouncement yesterday. No tax increases (yet?), but planned tax cuts are no longer going to occur, and big cuts in services.

Mike B.

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:00:17 -0500

Still want another four years, you piece of shit?

camarilla

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:53:05 -0500

$250 is enough for me to buy food for two months. That's a significant tax hike for a place that already has the highest local tax burden in the country, sorry. It's even worse in light of the astounding amount of government bureaucrat bloating that could be cut instead. I'd be happy with a wedding factory, Caribbean resorts do them free with your stay, but he wants to get married Catholic style. The point is, it's mine, I work hard, I save, and the city ROBBETH away.

TSOL

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:24:25 -0500

If I pay an extra 15% do I get a $1000 rent voucher from the city?

Kojak

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:18:50 -0500

I'm not saying its not high enough but its not the type of tax hike that will break the bank. If spending cuts amounting to the same amount are done along side this hike, city finances may end up in better shape then they would have been. Gov't Ahhhnorld in California is taking the same steps and so are many other cities and states. An even handed approach to bridging the gap is the best way to solve this deficit problem. Your WEDDING camarilla?? That sounds like an extravagance. You need to get your butt to Vegas. Its only $34 for a drive through wedding with Elvis as your DJ.

camarilla

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:35:46 -0500

Yeah, but go 24 miles farther and you've got Philly. Good enough for me. I love Philly.

camarilla

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:35:09 -0500

Kojak, It's not the city's money. It's mine. Mine that I'm saving to pay for my graduate education, my wedding, and to live decently (fifth floor walk up in Harlem, I don't buy lunch but make food for the week, modest!).

Steven

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:43:42 -0500

It's not like its cheaper any place within a 75 mile radius of NYC.

HUGO_MEGO

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:57:51 -0500

#22 KOJAK, what's a matter? 15% isn't high enough for you or are you really Bloomberg himself?

glennQNYC

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:30:31 -0500

I'm going to need to win that Congressional Medal of Honor if this shit keeps up...

Kojak

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:19:03 -0500

Lets see... $50,000 is basically approximately $1350 per pay period if you get paid every other week (26 Weeks) $250 more per year in taxes / 26 Pay period weeks = 9 Dollars and 61 Cents. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!! Those 50k earners will have to switch from Fancy Feast to Kibbles-n-Bits. For Shame Mayor Bloomberg... FOR SHAME.

camarilla

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:54:48 -0500

You have got to be kidding me. $50,000 is barely enough to make ends meet in this city, and he wants us to pay MORE? For LESS? Fire the bloated, lazy, incompetent city staff. Hire one intelligent, hard-working person to replace every four of them. Pension reform. I was planning on moving, but now I can't move fast enough.

HUGO_MEGO

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:54:30 -0500

Piece of shit Bloomberg overrides the will of the people and elects himself for a third term and then raises taxes 15%. How do you like them apples?

KosherPickle

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:08:40 -0500

well after working only 5 days in 3 months its time to say goodbye. Canada accepted my application. I shall be moving to ontario canada. going to work as a painter for a huge company there. its been real. Keep your bloomberg im done. And no I dont have a house to sell , i rented lol

GaryK

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:55:46 -0500

wow - cut the budget and raise taxes. only a true economic genius like bloompig could have figured that one out. now i see why we need him as mayor for 12, 16, 20+ years.

rcltrh

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:52:55 -0500

And how many teachers do we have sitting in the "rubber rooms" spread throughout the city still drawing their FULL SALARIES - some have been there for 2-3 years drawing FULL SALARIES because they are a danger to the classroom but they are afraid to fire them. Last year there was something close to 1000 teachers in those rooms I hear, all playing cards, board games, surfing the internet, reading the papers, etc. If they can't teach then fire their asses. Enough of this crap.

kissel

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:52:52 -0500

Doomberg is trying to sell this by claiming he is laying off 3000 city employees. the city has almost 300,000 employees. What a moron. Make the necessary cuts to the bloat and all the useless programs. This guy grew the budget like he had a limitless credit card and now expects us to pick up the tab? I dont think so. I wouldnt pay another dime to the city. I already pay enough, more than I would in any other locality in the nation.

hungryghoast

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:45:23 -0500

i agree w/ the commenters above that if i were making btwn 50 and 75K, I probably wouldn't mind another $250 in taxes... but that's only IF i felt like the money was going towards the thing the city needs (which, to anyone who actually has to live in this city and is not hyper-rich, is fairly obvious)... I also agree with the commenters wanting to cut costs... We COULD manage both and put the city in pretty great shape.... Problem is: I sincerely doubt any of this will happen under Bloomberg. in the end, our services will continue to deteriorate due to lack of funding, the funding we do have will go to morons doing nothing, and we'll all wind up paying more in taxes for no good reason. I also doubt any better alternative will be offered by either challenging party. Ho-hum, oh well, we're fucked.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:26:42 -0500

yeah how bout those entitlement programs given to the NYPD. how bout cutting down on their lawsuit budget? what's that amount? how much is budgeted for abuse and settlement payments?

drewo

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:18:37 -0500

How about cutting into the entitlement programs? We have generations of civil service workers retiring at relatively young ages, and then getting lucrative pensions for decades. Often these folks are young enough to start second careers. And often in other cities or states while collecting NYC payments.

Shinobi Shaw

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:16:00 -0500

#6 SILENCE SLAVE! Lord Bloomberg has spoken and he is here to stay! The hell with the constitution, what do you think this is? 1776? It's 2008 baby, freedom is out, fascism is in!

JenChungsBra

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:12:05 -0500

It's not as if we would need to cut services. All we need is a government with the political balls to fire the people who sit around all day doing nothing in gov't jobs. Not all of them are like that, but I've seen enough to know that in some offices you could easily fire half the staff and not miss a beat. That right there would close the budget gap overnight.

lagomorph

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:55:11 -0500

I'm with Duffy. Chipping in an extra $250 a year for professional, honest cops would be well worth the expense. Of course we might ask why we have psychos with power of arrest and a loaded gun wandering the street to begin with. Most people tut-tut at this point and lay out the usual "few bad apples" line. Given the ability to fuck with people's lives that the cops wield any bad apples on the force are bad for the public.

Rocknrope

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:54:47 -0500

Boohoo, one less Ipod a year for y'all.

Duffy

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:49:25 -0500

Tell us what we're going to get out of this extra $250. A solvent MTA? Cleaner streets? Less corrupt cops? A real, functioning train station? Mr. Mayor, what exactly is this money for? To cover for your incorrect budget projections? So that we don't go bankrupt? We need to improve a lot in this city. I'm willing to pony up to get it done, but I really don't trust that it will happen. It's just $250 a year. But I refuse to simply throw money in your direction without gaining something in return.

HolyDiver

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:42:23 -0500

Is it still too far fetched to think think this dick is trying to make NYC his own personal amusement park for the rich and famous?

goyogago

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:41:49 -0500

LMAO at people trying to justify this asshole's fascist power grab. "The tougher things are going to get, the more obligation I have to stay here." can anyone say 4th term? what if things don't improve??

Dirk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:37:25 -0500

Wow, bend over New Yorkers....

hitlerbaby

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:32:22 -0500

Fuck You, New York!

Shinobi Shaw

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:29:44 -0500

LORD BLOOMBERG giveth and LORD BLOOMBERGE taketh! Bow to your masters, SLAVE!

Ronkonkoma Ondinnonk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:27:29 -0500

Didn't you sort of know this was going to happen?

PFCheungs

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:25:22 -0500

wow