Statement on Pataki Tax Commission from Strong For All Coalition Executive Dir. Michael Kink

Posted On December 13, 2013

“Big new tax breaks for Wall Street and the very rich don’t make any sense at a time when New York has the worst income inequality in the nation and record-high levels of homelessness and child poverty.

Trickle-down tax cuts for the rich haven’t worked for our state.

It would be smarter to focus on broader prosperity and economic fairness for all of us: investments in education, higher education, infrastructure and public services will pay off now and for decades to come.

The Legislature and Governor Cuomo should reject big new tax breaks for deceased millionaires and billionaires.  They should clean up billions in wasteful giveaways before they even consider new layers of corporate welfare.

And they should make sure any new tax proposals reduce income inequality and build economic fairness — we need to make the economy stronger, and broader prosperity is the only way to make that happen.  ”

 

Listen to the Captial Pressroom interview featuring Michael Kink and Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of A Better Choice for NY HERE

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