Welcome to New Tax York

#1

Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 9:39am

Democrat Governor Patterson gave New Yorkers an early Christmas present by taxing everything that moves. I'm sure he's also trying to find a way to tax the air we breathe.
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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#2

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 9:54am

Ugh, i hate agreeing with Goth, but someone needs to tell ole Patty to go **** himself with that budget.


ETA

That same person should go tell the MTA to **** themselves with the doomsday plan. I'm not paying $100+ for monthlies because you've had your head up your ass for 2 decades.

Updated On: 12/17/08 at 09:54 AM

#3

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 10:06am

The problem with some of these taxes is that it will be a permanent price hike on some items. For example, soda is now $1 a can. Let's say the tax makes it $1.25. If that tax ever gets repealed, store owners won't return to the original price, they'll just keep charging the $1.25. So this is a permanent price hike.

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 12/17/08 at 10:06 AM

#4

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 10:11am

Umm let's not panic YET. It hasn't passed. And to be honest. I wouldn't think most if not all of it WILL. As the article states, it would drive people to shop elsewhere and NYC can't afford that right now. Especially right now.

Not to mention -the same proposal is cutting $$ for education. Never a popular thing - especially in NY where (at least in the city) - they are already strapped for resources.

It's important to be aware of the goings on - but I wouldn't say it's a done deal

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#5

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 10:14am

well its nice to see you're so confident craig, but for the rest of us, that are forced to live beyond our means by the current cost of living don't have that luxury.

#6

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 10:19am

No. I just know from personal experience and from others that 90 percent of stress and panic one feels are about things that havne't happened or don't happen. It's not about being confident nor about any financial situation I'm in. The original poster started the thread as if this was already a done deal - signed, sealed and delivered. I'm merely suggesting to take a deep breath and watch the situation as it develops rather than submitting to doomsday emotions.

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#7

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 10:20am

The bad thing is they are taxing all the pleasures in life. I'm sure that Broadway will be hit by these taxes. Movies, soft drinks, ipod music, cable tv. They really want to make sure there are no pleasures in life.

And not that I want to see anyone lose their job, but 521 terminations in a state as big as NY seems rather small.

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#8

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:00am

My god, he's morphing right before our eyes. Soon he'll be known as Goxy.

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#9

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:13am

But there was no mention of unions or the Mets boys & girls.

#10

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:17am

"My god, he's morphing right before our eyes. Soon he'll be known as Goxy."

Hurl your insults while you can. When the internet is run like a 900 number, it'll cost you $4.95 a minute so you better learn to type fast.

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#11

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:22am

Hurl your insults while you can. When the internet is run like a 900 number, it'll cost you $4.95 a minute so you better learn to type fast.

AOL already tried that, it didn't work.

#12

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:28am

Oh, dear. Goth is clutchin' the pearls again...good times.

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#13

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:29am

Pearls before swine.

(that makes no sense in this context, but I've always wanted to use that phrase in a conversation)

#14

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:42am

"Oh, dear. Goth is clutchin' the pearls again...good times."

Interesting that your signature line fits right into this conversation. Rep companies don't work in NYC because it's too expensive to maintain one. Why is it too expensive to maintain one? Because NY is a very expensive place to live and conduct business because of its taxes.

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#15

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:49am

And I think NYC is going to go from the Big Apple to Giant Rotting Fruit if the trends keep pricing everyone but the ultra rich.

#16

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:56am

Giant Rotting Fruit

how dare you call Roxy that.

#17

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:56am

He's talking about taxing cable tv, music downloads, reinstating the tax on clothing, besides charging more for transit and giving us less service. And the tax on soda will only be for non-diet sodas. WTF?

Let's see what happens

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#18

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 4:03pm

"When the internet is run like a 900 number, it'll cost you $4.95 a minute so you better learn to type fast." I type 90 words per minute with 95% accuracy. So in the words of one of your heroes, bring it on!

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#19

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 4:15pm

Laugh, Namo, but it's coming. I know it is because my aunt sent that to me in an email forward, right between the news about the proposed legislation that will adopt an "Amero" by March 30 and a list of musings from George Carlin about how the Mexicans have destroyed this country.

#20

re: Welcome to New Tax York

Posted: 12/17/08 at 6:22pm

I heard Obama is annexing Mexico, Belize and Guatemala and changing the name of the countries to the Communist Republic of American Peoples. That's right. We're going to be known around the world as CRAP. But don't blame Obama. Blame everyone who voted for Obama. It's like Y2K all over again, but for real this time.

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