Posted on 07/05/2006 9:19:12 AM PDT by george76
While the latest performance of Albany lawmakers was breathtakingly destructive on its face, the damage is even worse when compared to fiscal policies in other states.
Rarely inclined to remember - or even to care - that the Empire State must compete economically with 49 other states, New York lawmakers have once again failed to improve the state's attractiveness for taxpaying individuals and businesses.
Little wonder why New York is losing more residents than any other state - and why businesses are fleeing, upstate especially.
Other states are only too happy to woo New Yorkers and New York businesses...
Albany added more than $7 billion in new spending - in percentage terms, the increase was the largest in decades.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Um, not in Orange County. Or Sullivan.
That's hardly upstate though...
Yeah. I went from Blue to Red, thanks to many years of NY tax policy, and then said what am I doing here? Moved to NH. What a breath of fresh air.
Of course now NY wants to tax out of staters that come into the city to do business. Yes: they want you to declare the portion of your income you "earned" in NY regardless of where you live. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. According to interpretations of the law (by NY Dept of Taxation and Finance), even attending a conference counts.
While other states go out of their way to woo out of state travelers (business and tourists), NY wants to tax you if you go to the state for a business meeting.
Worse than socialists.....
2 hours away from NYcity is upstate. :)
Uh, two hours from NYC and you may still be in NYC depending on the time of day you leave....
upstate NY is the only place I have ever seen white (middle aged) McDonald workers manning an entire shift.
Fear not - Loony Bloomburg says that illegal aliens are the key to protecting the economy.
Those counties are more like suburbs to NYC and are not considered "upstate". The further north you go the cheaper property is. Check out Otsego, Albany, Hamilton, Schoharie & Greene counties for land/home prices.
I'll be 26 years old this coming Sunday, and it will be 1 year on August 12th that I left NYS for New Hampshire.
Good riddance! I should have left years ago.
Please, don't come to Texas.
I just left the place you describe: Rochester. Cheap housing, cheap rent, wonderful people, good scenery, but no jobs, no money, high taxes, and stupid laws and regulations.
My first year in New Hampshire has been a good one!
Yes. Colors are incorrect.
"Attracting New Yorkers is like attracting Cancer. It'll probably kill you."
Come on, bert, you know that's not true. That's like saying that all people from TN (your home state) are inbred ignorant hillbillies.
2 words blue state
Locals who have lived here their whole lives would disagree. It's been since 9/11 that we have gotten a huge influx of commuters. Housing prices skyrocketed. In 2001, you could get a nice house with about an acre for $100,000. That same house now is $266,000.
The further north you go the cheaper property is.
No jobs there either.
Look at Nassau county on "lawn ilant" leaking like a seive. Left long time ago.
"2 words blue state"
NYC glows blue, indeed, but upstate is another story. Many conservatives up here.
I listened to Mayor Bloomberg on a talk radio once, and he feels that the tax rate is the least factor in the decision process for businesses to choose a location to do business. He quotes that businesses come to a location because that is where the workforce skills live, historical reasons, quality of life, cultural attractions (such as museum, theater, etc) and taxes is on the bottom of the pile. With that type of thinking especially in New York City (which represents about 50 percent of the voters in NY) NY state is doomed to high taxes and upper state depopulation.
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