Paterson Just Earning (Wall) Street Cred (4.00 / 2)

C'mon, Paterson's just going through this charade so that he can earn cred with the Wall Street crowd and the Upstate troglodytes.  Sure, the package he presented was about as draconian and regressive as ever invented by man, but just think about next year.  He can go to all of those Upstate communities and brag about how he fought the good fight but was forced by those dirty fucking hippies down near the Sodom-on-the-Sea to pass higher taxes on the uberwealthy.  It's a win-win from Paterson's point of view.  He just doesn't think that he'll get primaried going into the gubernatorial election cycle next year.  He just may find that a lot of "natural" supporters don't need people like him.

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by: PrahaPartizan @ Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 17:11:05 PM CST

Yep (4.00 / 1)

David, I disagree with you on a lot of things (Holder being the most consequential) but you're spot on, on this one.  And I'll admit your Maddow segment below was pretty darn good too.

God, complimenting David Sirota.  What have I done? ;)

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by: Sauceman @ Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 17:30:28 PM CST

What the? (4.00 / 1)

Diverting tuition hikes from the university to the state budget? That's not a tuition increase--that's just a tax on students. That's pure, concentrated evil.  

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by: loyalson @ Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 18:08:56 PM CST

Oh (4.00 / 1)

I should emphasize that would be a tax on PUBLIC UNIVERSITY students. Cornell, Columbia, etc students would be exempt, natch.  

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by: loyalson @ Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 23:49:51 PM CST

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Kaine and VA (4.00 / 1)

Meanwhile Kaine's plan in VA revolves around raising the tax on cigarettes by a whopping 30 cents a pack.  

Corzine raised the sales tax but not business taxes here in NJ.  Excuse me, business and income taxes are both lower than in NY and most businesses are located here for the customers, not for tax advantages.  This year?  He's talking cuts.

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by: David Kowalski @ Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 19:07:14 PM CST