On Politics 5/7/09: An Albany Abomination

When I moved from beloved New Jersey to New York in the fall of 1988 due to work, I did so having heard from my friends that NY was the land of taxes. I thought to myself, how bad could it be?

Unfortunately, I soon found out. More unfortunately, I keep finding out more, even 21 years later.

It's rare for me to point others to another source of opinion or argument (one the many difficulties of egomania). However, on the occasion of the rancid MTA bailout announcement, a.k.a. the "Save The Trains, Screw The People of Dutchess County" agreement struck by our supposed leaders in Albany, I heartily encourage all of you to read the Thursday editorial in the Poughkeepsie Journal. The angry tone, salient points, and pertinent examples of the blatantly imbalanced deal to help the MTA out of its' latest drunken stupor of spending is summarized perfectly. It 's hard to put an adequate level of outrage on this event into words, but whomever is responsible for composing the Journal's reaction deserves kudos.

The simple reality is this: We, the people of Dutchess County, are being saddled with a vastly unfair amount of new tax and fees to rescue the MTA, again, from their profound inability to properly run their business. read the editorial, get the facts, share in the outrage. This financial miscarriage will impact all of us.

Do yourselves a favor and look it over. As they say, read it and weep, for all of us.