Pushing for Changes That Will Spur Job Creation
With the regional council plans submitted, now is the time to focus on improving the regulatory environment so businesses can create jobs.
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NYS Facing a Grim Economic Reality for 2011
With NYS facing a $9B+ deficit coming into 2011, it is time for the re-elected and newly elected members of the Senate and Assembly must heed the comptroller’s recommendation and lower spending, reduce taxes and fees, and stimulate private sector jobs.
When Our Government Grows Up
The other day, I was sitting with my son flipping through stations and we stopped on Nickelodeon. There was a show on called Rugrats: All Grown Up. I stopped for two reasons. The first was because I remember watching the youthful Rugrats with my older son so I wanted to see how they made the [...]
The Great NYS Property Tax Debate
Unshackle Upstate agrees with our NYS elected officials that something must be done to lower property taxes. But we differ greatly on the solution – and think their ideas fall way short.
New York Needs a Real Leader
What New York needs now, more than anything else, is a leader. Someone who is willing to tell their “leadership” that more spending, more taxes, and more debt is wrong and they won’t support it. Someone who understands we have suffered a crushing tax burden for decades and that it needs to be lowered.