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Actually legalized marijuana leads to the trafficking of cocaine, heroin, and crack and for criminal gangs to grow. I posted about this weeks ago and how it's effected Europe.
Lfmao that makes no sense , first of all we aren’t in Europe . 2 , the states with legal weed dont have the worst drug trafficking, well besides California ... but the cocaine trade was alive and much worse when weed was illegal there so literally this makes 0 logic nice try
I just send the follow email to my state senator and assemblycritter. Alone it won't do much. If enough take the same position, they may feel some heat. Feel free to use it if you like.
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Senator XXXXXXXXX,
There is a lot of talk about passing significant state level tax increases, especially on higher income residents and corporations in New York State. I consider this an exceeding bad idea, and want you to know this.
If you look at the percentage of state income tax generated from the top 1000 personal tax payers (out of a population of over 17,000,000), you'll see that these people are already making an outsized contribution to NY State's finances. And, in point of fact, there is nothing keeping these people and corporations from leaving the state, and no longer making any contribution to NY State's finances. Several have said they will do so if major tax increases are passed. So we're literally talking about slaughtering the geese that have been laying the golden eggs.
The State of New Jersey found this out the hard way. One hedge fund manager, David Tepper, moved himself and his business out of NJ to Florida (a state that, as you know, has no state or local income taxes.) In doing so, he blew a $300,000,000 hole in NJ's state budget. Do you want to see that happening here?
If anything the state of New York, should be looking to cut it heavily bloated budget, and highest in the nation taxes, in order to remain competitive with states like Florida and Texas, who are at this point, beating the stuffing out of us economically.
I would appreciate if someone in your staff would respond to this email with your position on this issue, as it will likely determine my vote in future elections.
Your letter is very sensical but sadly, you are outnumbered by brainless sheeple who will automatically vote based on identity politics and anyone that espouses the most woke, class warfare rhetoric.
That Senator and councilcritter knows that so your threat will be ignored. The most you will get is some generic letter saying they appreciate your concern.
Taxes only applies to the least agile folks. Poor people pay actually the most taxes per dollar. They pay sales and use taxes while the more well to do pay can afford more tax increases.
Taxes like tolls, sales taxes, license reg costs, they are passed down to everybody but it hits poor people harder.
Taxes only applies to the least agile folks. Poor people pay actually the most taxes per dollar. They pay sales and use taxes while the more well to do pay can afford more tax increases.
Taxes like tolls, sales taxes, license reg costs, they are passed down to everybody but it hits poor people harder.
So why are you against taxing the more wealthy per your original post then?
Singularly, you are correct. But even if a minority, there are still enough similarly thinking people in NY, that if they all asserted themselves simultaneously, the political layer would have to take notice.
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Originally Posted by antinimby
Your letter is very sensical but sadly, you are outnumbered by brainless sheeple who will automatically vote based on identity politics and anyone that espouses the most woke, class warfare rhetoric.
That Senator and councilcritter knows that so your threat will be ignored. The most you will get is some generic letter saying they appreciate your concern.
No, we dont increase taxes. We utilize the budget we have responsibly. Practice fiscal conservatism. Cut entitlement, cut pet projects, audit wasteful spending by govt agencies.
Throwing more money at a problem doesn't fix it if the underlying issues aren't fixed. This will simply just vie them more money to waste.
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