Criticism Galore On State Budget Proposal
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To get a glimpse of the challenge Governor Paterson faces in getting his 2009-10 budget proposal approved, just take a look at some of the dozens of statements coming in from special-interest groups.
CSEA President Danny Donohue: “The middle class will have to pay more and get less while the wealthiest New Yorkers slide by under the Governor’s proposal. There is no sharing of the sacrifice here – it’s working people getting stuck with the bill.”
Environmental Advocates of New York: “We are disappointed that the Governor again proposed flawed changes to the funding formula for the state’s Environmental Protection Fund. This proposed change has the potential to undermine the stability of environmental funding in New York and fails to account for the positive economic impact of spending on the environment.”
The Healthcare Association of New York State: “The staggering magnitude of the cuts and health care taxes the Governor has proposed goes far beyond reasonable and equitable. Every area of health care is being pummeled, from hospitals and physicians to nursing homes and home health care providers.”
Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education: “The governor has shifted the unbearable burden of closing the budget gap onto the shoulders of school children while sparing the wealthiest New Yorkers. Asking school children to sacrifice $2.5 billion in school funding to pay for the state’s deficit problems while requiring nothing from New York’s highest income earners is irresponsible.”
Unshackle Upstate: “New York State already has the worst tax climate in the country, and now is not the time to pile on and make the Empire State an even more expensive place to live and run a business. This much is fact: Our state government’s fiscal problems didn’t begin with the stock market’s contraction earlier this year. What led us to this challenge is decades of imprudent spending, coupled with costly local government mandates layered on by the elected officials in Albany.”
Thomas Rogers, executive director Of state School Superintendents Association: “Cutting school aid, eliminating STAR rebates and shifting preschool special education costs to schools would increase school property tax pressures. We appreciate the mandate relief proposals the Governor has made, but we hope that he and the Legislature will consider more.”
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Time to move out of NYS….can’t afford to live here anymore.