New York Governor Proposes Tax Hikes

[UNHWildCats]

He wants to raise the cigarette tax $1 per pack that would increase the price of a pack of name brand cigarettes like Marlboro to $10 in New York City.

The proposal also calls for a 1 cent per ounce tax on the sales of sodas. A 2-liter bottle of soda would increase from a current cost of about $1.75 per bottle to $2.39, that doesn't include a bottle deposit or the sales tax already levied.

Meantime he is slashing education spending in the state by $1 billion and another $1 billion being slashed from health care.

He had already previously eliminated free and discounted public transportation for students in New York City who travel great distances each day to get to school.

[AZGrizFan]

Don't you just love Democrats?

[kalm]

Don't you just love Democrats?

Budget balancing motherfuckers

[danefan]

I haven't really looked at the other stuff but Patterson is finally doing what we've been asking for with regards to the SUNY system..........allowing SUNY schools to get out from under the dysfunction that is the NYS Legislature.

You cannot run a University System that has to follow the same rules as the DMV. It doesn't work.

If it passes, the SUNY Innovation and Flexibility Act will be huge for all things SUNY related, including athletics.

[HI54UNI]

And I thought Iowa's governor was bad.

[Ivytalk]

Ten bucks for a pack of smokes!

Pretty soon, weed will be cheaper.

[danefan]

Ten bucks for a pack of smokes!

Pretty soon, weed will be cheaper.

Think of it like smokers paying for the medicaid up front.