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Last Updated on Monday, 23 March 2009 10:13 Written by rslcpol Monday, 23 March 2009 10:13
From the New York Post:
GOV. PATERSON and legislative Democrats have secretly agreed on an $8 billion, two- year tax hike on individuals making more than $500,000 a year that will “sunset” around the time he plans to run for election in 2010, legislative sources told The Post.
Also under intense discussion yesterday as lawmakers rushed to complete a budget by April 1 is a proposal to raise the state’s 4 percent sales tax to 4.5 percent the total of which would jump to close to 10 percent in parts of the state with the addition of local sales taxes.
This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am and is filed under Dems Behaving Badly, State Legislature News.
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