“They work, too”
By D.J. McGuire | Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 | Policy
Less than a week into office, and Andy Cuomo has already taken aim at one of his party’s great myths.
During his announcement that he would allow a temporary tax-hike on New York “millionaires” to expire (the tax hit anyone making over $200,000), Cuomo railed against raising taxes on “working familes” (New York Post):
The old way of solving the problem was continuing to raise taxes on people, and we just can’t do that anymore. The working families of New York cannot afford tax increases. The answer is going to have to be that we’re going to have to reduce government spending.
Things got interesting when he was asked about wealthier New Yorkers, whom Democrats almost always exclude from the “working families” category.
Cuomo’s response: “They work, too.”
There were a bunch of Republicans who shied away from language like that during the tax debate in Washington late last year.
Granted, we’re less than a week in, but Cuomo is off to a very good start.
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“I don’t know why they call themselves the Labour Party. They’re not the only ones in this country who work.”
-Winston Churchill
Oddly enough “Labor” parties in Europe and the modern Dems here prattle about their concern for labor but do everything they can to reward non-work and non-productive work. Unemployment levels are always high under socialist “workers” regimes. But as Pelosi said “Unemployment checks are the best stimulus…”
But let me complete the sentence “… to us gangster socialists because we can loot the Treasury while passing out crumbs.”
I have to admit that’s easier than working for it.
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