Post by dave on Mar 25, 2013 15:59:38 GMT -5
Instead of reducing your property taxes, New York's pols are set to buy votes with your tax dollars. But you won't get any of it if you don't have kids or if they're over 18 (eliminating help for parents strapped with college bills and senior citizens.)
"Critics, including those who have no problem with giving tax breaks to middle-income families, say the tax rebate checks [sending small checks to some voters] are a political gimmick that uses $350 million of taxpayer money to lure voters into supporting incumbents."
The Buffalo News
Critics see state ‘tax rebate’ as a political gimmick
BY: TOM PRECIOUS / NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
03/23/2013
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders are including in the soon-to-be-passed state budget a new system to help finance political campaigns.
They call it the “Family Tax Relief” act.
Lawmakers and the governor last week agreed to give $350 in tax relief to hundreds of thousands of households across the state. Even though they call it a tax credit, the money won’t be taken off taxpayers’ annual tax returns in the spring.
Instead, the governor and legislators will send checks of $350 apiece to residents’ mailboxes, and many expect the checks will go out shortly before November 2014. That’s when the governor and the legislators are up for re-election.
While they say the plan is about helping middle-class families with children, the governor and lawmakers hope the checks will put a smile on the face of voters that will continue beaming when they go into the voting booth.
Continue at:
www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130323/CITYANDREGION/130329539/1026
"Critics, including those who have no problem with giving tax breaks to middle-income families, say the tax rebate checks [sending small checks to some voters] are a political gimmick that uses $350 million of taxpayer money to lure voters into supporting incumbents."
The Buffalo News
Critics see state ‘tax rebate’ as a political gimmick
BY: TOM PRECIOUS / NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
03/23/2013
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders are including in the soon-to-be-passed state budget a new system to help finance political campaigns.
They call it the “Family Tax Relief” act.
Lawmakers and the governor last week agreed to give $350 in tax relief to hundreds of thousands of households across the state. Even though they call it a tax credit, the money won’t be taken off taxpayers’ annual tax returns in the spring.
Instead, the governor and legislators will send checks of $350 apiece to residents’ mailboxes, and many expect the checks will go out shortly before November 2014. That’s when the governor and the legislators are up for re-election.
While they say the plan is about helping middle-class families with children, the governor and lawmakers hope the checks will put a smile on the face of voters that will continue beaming when they go into the voting booth.
Continue at:
www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130323/CITYANDREGION/130329539/1026
Seniors are losers, by the lights of the criminal element in Albany. 
