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Tagged: Spending Cap

Time To Grit Our Teeth and Make The Tough Calls

  • Posted: May 14 2010

New York’s next governor can learn a lot from his colleague in New Jersey about how to make tough calls that will lower taxes and improve the state’s economy.

  • Category: The Week Behind Us, Uncategorized
  • Tags: Massachusetts 2.5, NY Budget, NY Spending, Property Taxes, Spending Cap, taxes, taxpayers, unshackle upstate
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The Great NYS Property Tax Debate

  • Posted: Apr 16 2010

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.

  • Category: The Week Behind Us
  • Tags: Massachusetts 2.5, Medicaid Spending, NY Budget, NYS legislature, NYS Senate, Property Taxes, Social Media, Spending, Spending Cap, state employees, taxes, taxpayers, Unshackle Army, unshackle upstate
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Talking Taxes in Albany

  • Posted: Feb 01 2010

It’s Monday morning and I’m on my way to Albany to testify at the state Legislature’s Joint Budget Hearing on Taxes. I’m planning to tell the Legislature that new taxes and fees to close the budget gap are simply unacceptable and spending is just too high. I’ll also be armed with $12 billion in suggested cuts that Unshackle believes will have a long-term effect of reducing state spending, to present to the Legislature.

  • Category: The Week Ahead in Albany
  • Tags: NY Budget, Property Taxes, Spending Cap
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