Skelos Knocks Paterson Over Opposition To Tax Cuts
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- January
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Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, is taking Gov. David Paterson to task over his remarks this morning that he doesn’t see much benefit in the tax cuts that are part of the federal stimulus package.
“Governor Paterson’s sharp criticism of the tax cuts included in the economic stimulus package passed yesterday by Congress clearly shows how out of touch he is with New Yorkers who are sick and tired of paying higher taxes,” Skelos said in a statement.
“Rather than criticize the billions of dollars the stimulus package spends on things such as $650 million for coupons for TV converters, $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, and $600 million to buy new cars for federal bureaucrats – projects that won’t create any new jobs, the governor today on an Amsterdam radio station, criticized proposed federal tax cuts by saying that they won’t make a difference in turning around the economy.”
Skelos continued, “He should tell that to small business owners across our state who are laying off employees because they can’t meet their expenses, including increased state taxes and fees.
“He should tell that to families who are paying higher taxes every year, that tax cuts won’t make a difference in their budgets. Eliminating billions of dollars in property tax rebates, as Governor Paterson has proposed, would put an even bigger dent in their budgets.
“The Governor’s comments today, combined with the $6 billion in tax and fee hikes he proposed in his Executive Budget, demonstrate the Governor’s belief that higher taxes are the answer to our economic problems.
“Senate Republicans could not disagree more and we will continue to oppose the Governor’s tax and fee hikes and urge that money from the federal stimulus package be used to eliminate them.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
