All right, this is just too funny. Mesi, a boxer and a political neophyte that has no clue as to what he is saying. It may be destined for failure because of Silver and the Democrat controlled assembly but as long as the Republicans can keep control of the Senate, it will pass there.
For a guy that has been saying, I am independent, I will owe no one anything, I am an individual and think on my own he sure as hell already sounds like the Democrats that are determined to continue to drive us into the poor farm.
In my opinion we need to cut everything in every department by 25% and that would be a good start. Notice I said start, should I say it again?
Mesi thinks Ranzenhofer’s latest plan is vague, dangerous and destined for failure. His 15 percent across-the-board spending cut would be dead on arrival in Albany, Mesi said, and would put a large number of important state-funded programs at risk.
Mesi calls Ranzenhofer tax plan irresponsible
The state’s projected $9 billion budget gap for next year didn’t stop State Senate candidate Michael H. Ranzenhofer from suggesting a massive, across-the-board cut in taxes last week.
Ranzenhofer said his tax plan — a 10 percent cut in the state’s personal income tax for people earning less than $200,000 and a doubling in the STAR property tax exemption — are essential to helping middle-class families hit hard by the stock market crisis.
But can the state afford it? “Difficult times require dramatic action,” the Amherst Republican said.
In a new 30-second TV ad, Ranzenhofer, an Erie County legislator, touts his tax plan as “real relief.”
His Democratic challenger says its naive and irresponsible.
“It’s basically a lot of fluff,” said Joe Mesi, the former professional boxer. “We agree on the need to cut state spending. The difference is, I can tell you where and how. I’m not sure he can.”
