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My name is Howie Hawkins. I'm a working Teamster and my running mate, Brian Jones, is a teacher and union member.
New York has the greatest income inequality in the country -- and it has gotten worse under Governor Cuomo's tax breaks for the rich and spending cuts for the rest of us.
I had to laugh -- a union guy with a union member complaining about income inequality. The lion's share of my school district's budget goes to salaries, pensions, and benefits. Heck, our tax bills would be much lower if there were no teachers union. Cuomo's additional retirement tier and 2% tax cap compounded by unfunded mandates to introduce the Common Core into our schools has created hardship for districts which can not tighten their belts any further. Add to that the feds distributing illegal immigrant students who require more ESL instruction and we have a perfect school budget financial storm.
We won't get started on the unionized Suffolk County PD, nor the neighboring well-remunerated Nassau County PD. Heck, there's the layers of local government -- almost all unionized, who like the earlier groups mentioned -- are adding to the ever increasing taxes.
If it keeps up in the direction it has, there will be income inequality between the private sector whose accounts are being depleted paying taxes to support the public unions.
Who will Hawkins be taking votes from: Astorino or Cuomo?
I had to laugh -- a union guy with a union member complaining about income inequality. The lion's share of my school district's budget goes to salaries, pensions, and benefits. Heck, our tax bills would be much lower if there were no teachers union. Cuomo's additional retirement tier and 2% tax cap compounded by unfunded mandates to introduce the Common Core into our schools has created hardship for districts which can not tighten their belts any further. Add to that the feds distributing illegal immigrant students who require more ESL instruction and we have a perfect school budget financial storm.
We won't get started on the unionized Suffolk County PD, nor the neighboring well-remunerated Nassau County PD. Heck, there's the layers of local government -- almost all unionized, who like the earlier groups mentioned -- are adding to the ever increasing taxes.
If it keeps up in the direction it has, there will be income inequality between the private sector whose accounts are being depleted paying taxes to support the public unions.
Who will Hawkins be taking votes from: Astorino or Cuomo?
I imagine most of Hawkins' votes will be at the expense of Cuomo.
F-k Cuomo! Building a new Tappan Zee Bridge with no funding/financing and no talk about the actual toll price, this guy is not fit to lead NYS
Cuomo is probably the most skilled politician out there. I think he'll try for president in a few more cycles.
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