Comments for Give New York Taxpayers a Fighting Chance at http://www.urbanelephants.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.urbanelephants.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:09:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/749-give-new-york-taxpayers-a-fighting-chance-.html#comment-3510 Repeal the little Wagner Act. Public employee labor unions have taken over our N.Y. state government and our NYC City Council. That experiment in public employee unionization, begun in the 1950s, has failed. The unions now own and control our government. That's not their proper role, and must stop. We are governed in the interests of the unions, not of the people. - Quickjustice Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:45:13 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/749-give-new-york-taxpayers-a-fighting-chance-.html#comment-3509 "We owe it to New York City’s struggling middle class to protect them from the tax and spend proclivities of the most liberal members of the City Council. This legislation would provide us with an additional tool to do just that." And if there was an issue the GOP needs to stand for right now, it's one like this. Our middle-class is drowning under the tax burden that has been inflicted at all levels of government - federal, state and city. Those who vote against this measure need to be called to task for it - as they clearly have no interest in helping the working-class members of their constituency... - Jay Golub Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:19:45 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/749-give-new-york-taxpayers-a-fighting-chance-.html#comment-3508 How about this proposal: (1) Any increase at or below the current rate of inflation to Real Property taxes must require a super-majority within the city council. (2) Any increase above the current rate of inflation of Real Property taxes must require a voter referendum and specific detail as to the reason such an increase is required. - Daniel Peterson Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:39:48 +0100