Posted on 05/10/2020 5:14:58 PM PDT by marshmallow
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking Samaritan’s Purse to pay state taxes after the Christian humanitarian organization discharged its last patient this week — one of the over 300 COVID-19 patients it treated at a temporary hospital in New York City’s Central Park while facing a backlash due to its statement of faith.
“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Cuomo said at a daily press briefing this week, Fox News reported Friday.
According to a New York state law, anyone working in the state for more than 14 days has to pay income tax, but organizations and healthcare workers came to the state to help fight the novel coronavirus outbreak at its epicenter after an appeal by the state government seeking assistance.
“So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services,” Cuomo said.
The Samaritan’s Purse 68-bed field hospital treated 315 patients since opening on April 1 adjacent to Mount Sinai Hospital in Central Park’s East Meadow to help meet the needs of local hospitals that were facing an unprecedented wave of sick patients.
While the Rev. Franklin Graham, who heads Samaritan’s Purse, hasn’t responded directly to Cuomo’s statement, he has said that his group was invited to NYC by Mount Sinai.
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This would be the reason Rush, and President Trump moved away from NYC.
“when I can’t even pay the essential services,” Cuomo said.
The mafia doesn’t care if you don’t have the money. You will pay them or else. They run the ‘essential’ services, probably.
Cuomo sure knows how to make friends and encourage christian charity.
NYS has more bad optics going on.
Cuomo was never that great.
NYS was, but that was then.
Welcome to New Yuck, no good deed goes untaxed.
Give him his thirty pieces of silver, Franklin.
What. You’re not paying your barber?
Mario Cuomo must have tried real hard to raise some of the most scummy/sleazeball children on the face of the planet.
There was a thread on this the other day, and many freepers opined that taxes should be paid to New York because Samaratins Purse employees were working and earning taxable income within the borders of the state of New York.
So depending who you talk to, some people are outraged that taxes could be owed for doing charitable or humanitarian work. Others say that paid employees of such organizations are earning their pay where such charity work is being performed.
Yep, it is that 'Orange Man Bad' syndrome, if only Hillary had won, Cuomo would be rolling in it! As it is, he just smells like he dived in it!
The Rats never met a tax they didn’t like.
No good deed....
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There is no excuse for taxing people who come to your state to save lives. Anyone who thinks this is okay has a screw loose.
Render unto Cuomo...
No good deed...
It depends on whether they were working pro bono or if they were actually taking a salary. If they were taking a salary, they should pay the tax. If they were working without being compensated, then they shouldn’t be taxed for donated services.
Probably rental costs for Central Park and/or water or electric use.
Well, you better find a way to cut non-essential services and open up the state sooner rather than later.
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