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Old 01-23-2009, 10:11 AM
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 10:37 AM
 
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There are tons of kids in tons of schools with crappy management. Teachers and unions demand high wages.

Most of the money flows into the city
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Old 01-23-2009, 10:40 AM
 
Location: Wellsville, Glurt County
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Corrupt politicians, corrupt unions, corrupt insurance policy holders, corrupt employees on disability, etc. etc. etc. New York is all about making a buck any way you can.
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Old 01-23-2009, 11:52 AM
 
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Yes, but taxes all over the Northeast are high. High costs and high salaries are by far the biggest contributor.
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Inis Fada
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There are tons of kids in tons of schools with crappy management. Teachers and unions demand high wages.

Most of the money flows into the city
The Big 5 districts (the cities in NYS) suck up quite a lot of money -- the rest of us are subsidizing this. Considering the enormous numbers of commercial enterprises within the boroughs of NYC, why are we forking over so much from LI?

The Yankees can afford to pay tens of millions of dollars for a bunch of overgrown manchilds to play a kids game, they can have the taxpayers subsidize their new stadium, and then have the gall to charge insanely high amounts for tickets, concessions, etc. Meanwhile more and more NYers are heading out of state in an effort to try and find a place which is affordable and offers some semblance of quality of life.

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Old 01-23-2009, 12:13 PM
 
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Actually, NYC gets back less from the state than it pays in taxes. That's why the state was sued over the school funding formula. Upstate is where the money goes, because they have less of it.
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Nassau, Long Island, NY
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The Big 5 districts (the cities in NYS) suck up quite a lot of money -- the rest of us are subsidizing this. Considering the enormous numbers of commercial enterprises within the boroughs of NYC, why are we forking over so much from LI?
The corporations always get the sweetheart deals from all levels of government at the expense of the regular person who has no "juice" and can't put big bucks in a politician's coffers.

Maybe what we are living in should be called a "corpocracy" rather than a "democracy."
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Inis Fada
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Actually, NYC gets back less from the state than it pays in taxes. That's why the state was sued over the school funding formula. Upstate is where the money goes, because they have less of it.

Please note I wrote Big 5 -- 4 of which are upstate.

I mentioned NYC in terms of commercial tax revenue -- why doesn't it generate more?

A family member had a house in Bayside and was paying something like $4K year compared to that same house in Nassau which would have been closer to $8K+

LI gets back less than it pays as well.

And who is going to be footing the billion dollar lawsuit bill? My sneaking suspicion is LIers, Westchester, etc.
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Northwestern Michigan
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Corrupt politicians, corrupt unions, corrupt insurance policy holders, corrupt employees on disability, etc. etc. etc. New York is all about making a buck any way you can.
Don't forget organized crime. Not as prevalent now as years ago but it is ingrained in the way things are done in NYC and LI. Has been since the 1930's.
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:33 PM
 
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The person in Bayside is paying less because they're also paying city income tax (2.9 - 3.6%). if we paid local income tax, we could have lower property taxes as well. The overall tax burden in NYC is not lower, except possibly for retirees who are property-rich and cash poor.

NYC generates plenty of commercial tax revenue, and the slide is one of the reasons the state is in such trouble now--the budget was reliant on all the Wall Street revenue.
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