Says Democrat Governor Cumo of New york.....Imagine that. Maybe a Democrat that gets it?
New York Gov. Cuomo calls for cuts to Medicaid, education spending in Wagner College speech | SILive.com
SHOULD TEA PARTIERS IN NEW YORK SUPPORT MOST OF GOVERNOR CUOMO'S PROPOSED CONSERVATIVE FISCAL REFORM MEASURES?
Statement by AQE Executive Director Billy Easton: Governor Cuomos budget pulls the rug out on childrens education by cutting literacy programs, career and technical education, college prep, pre-K, arts, music, sports, tutoring, guidance counselors and school librarians. Governor Cuomos cuts to our kids schools are the largest in history, if they are adopted the damage to students will be permanent because children do not get
New York Gov. Cuomo calls for cuts to Medicaid, education spending in Wagner College speech
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Saying that the state is at an economic crossroads, Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday delivered a message of fiscal austerity that he said would affect the lives of every New Yorker.
Speaking to about 350 people at Wagner Colleges Main Hall Theatre, Cuomo said the states budget woes have a simple cause.
We spend too much money, he said. You cannot spend more money than you make in life.
Displaying some of the silver-tongued flash and humor that is a hallmark of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, the governor said that only two groups dont understand that rule: The leaders of the state Legislature and my three daughters.
New York Gov. Cuomo calls for cuts to Medicaid, education spending in Wagner College speech | SILive.com
SHOULD TEA PARTIERS IN NEW YORK SUPPORT MOST OF GOVERNOR CUOMO'S PROPOSED CONSERVATIVE FISCAL REFORM MEASURES?
Below is a letter written written by Carl Paladino's former campaign manager, Michael Caputo. The letter was presented at a recent Tea Party meeting in Oneonta NY where close to 60 Tea Party and other 'Liberty' group leaders met to discuss ways to unify the various groups. In the letter he asks for New Yorker's to stand behind Cuomo's policies, even if you can't stand behind him.
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Dear Fellow New Yorker:
First, please accept my family's wishes for a happy and prosperous new year. As Carl Paladino's former campaign manager, I know the campaigns of 2010 were exhausting for all of us. I wanted to drop you a note of thanks for your support for Carl's candidacy.
We lost at the polls, but we might still see a policy victory: last Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo was talking like a fiscal conservative. His ideological shift - if it is for real - can be attributed to two factors: New York's economic reality and the chorus of grassroots protest.
I am writing you today because it may be up to the grassroots to deliver conservative fiscal reform that can cut our taxes and save our State.
So far, Gov. Cuomo has proposed a series of reforms that sound an awful lot like Carl Paladino:
An annual cap on the growth of local and school district property taxes at two percent, or 120 percent of the inflation rate, whichever is lower. (http://nyti.ms/e4seDy)
Layoffs of 10,000 to 12,000 state workers, about five percent of the workforce. (New York Budget News: Cuomo Weighs More Than 10,000 Layoffs - WSJ.com)
A "storm" of real budget cuts, the first in far too long. One reporter thinks Cuomo "would exceed the $7 billion in cuts proposed by Carl Paladino." (Cuomo Tells New York Lawmakers to Prepare for First Budget Cut Since 1995 - Bloomberg)
Closing a $10 billion budget deficit with no new taxes, fees, or borrowing. (State Conservative Party's Michael Long praises Gov. Cuomo's fiscal agenda)
Sure, Gov. Cuomo is "talking the talk." But will he "walk the walk" of fiscal responsibility? We'll soon find out. His State of the State speech will be televised on Tuesday, February 1st and budget talks will begin thereafter.
But we already have some indications of his resolve.
This month, Cuomo stood his ground on the property tax cap, resisting Democrat Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's push to link the cap to reauthorizing a state law controlling rents for a million New York City apartments.
Cuomo said no. He wants the two issues dealt with "on their own merits," and he's right.
Cuomo has no draft legislation yet, but the Albany horse-trading has begun. Any tax cap bill must include mandate relief, and mandates are Speaker Silver's lifeblood. The Governor must make deep, unilateral cuts to major programs, such as Medicaid, in his first budget proposals. If he compromises and excludes bloated mandates, a tax cap will be only a fig leaf to hide this administration's shortcomings.
SHOULD TEA PARTIERS IN NEW YORK SUPPORT MOST OF GOVERNOR CUOMO'S PROPOSED CONSERVATIVE FISCAL REFORM MEASURES?