Posts Tagged ‘wealth’

NYS Assembly Hearings on Property Tax Cap

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Mar 2, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

    Polly Cleveland, author of our current lead article, Restore the Original Wealth Tax, testified before the New York State legislature yesterday, arguing against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to cap property tax increases at 2% or the rate of inflation, whichever is less.  See below for her testimony. Polly reported that someone from a ...Read more.

More on Property Taxes; More on Bill Black

Posted by Chris Sturr | Filed under Blog Post | Jan 25, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

(1) More from Polly Cleveland on Property Taxes: A couple of posts ago I complained about the New York Times’ coverage of deficits and taxes.  The one that really steamed me reported on a NYT/CBS News poll in which a majority of people allegedly preferred cutting spending to raising taxes as a way of dealing ...Read more.

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