Erie County May Raise Taxes Again, Control Board May Go Hard
(Buffalo, NY, May 17, 2006) - - Erie County taxpayers may be hit with another tax increase and the county may get a hard control board.
That’s the prediction from Fiscal Stability Authority chairman Anthony Baynes.
Control board members are upset the county is looking at borrowing […]

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Group says final state budget rises the most since 1974
ALBANY, N.Y. — The new state budget is costing taxpayers $3,566.18 per second.
That’s the estimate of an analysis released Wednesday by a conservative think tank that says the spending increase is the biggest jump since the 10 percent rise in Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s 1973-1974 budget.
State-funds […]

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This is a good explanation of how income taxes really work!!
Sometimes politicians, journalists and others exclaim; “It’s just a tax cut for the rich!” and it is just accepted to be fact. But what does that really mean? Just in case you are not completely clear on this issue, I hope the following will help. […]

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How states rank on their gasoline taxes:
The federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon. How much tax the states and the District of Columbia charge:
1. N.Y. 49.5
2. Calif. 42.2
3. Conn. 41.2
4. Ill. 36.7
5. Mich. 34.5
6. Wis. 32.9
7. Nev. 32.5
8. Pa. 32.3
9. Fla. […]

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