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Unshackle Upstate Ever feel squeezed when it comes time to pay bills? New York State is feeling that same pressure as their money supply has dwindled down to $36 million and the bills they have to pay are still piling up. What are they going to pay first and which taxpayers are going to be the first to suffer? Will it be libraries, scho...ols, or you? Read more to find out how New York legislature is merely putting a Band-Aid on this huge budget issue: http://bit.ly/6iGmGX

Editorial - Not I, Said the New York Senate - NYTimes.com

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As New York State’s money supply runs down, its senators need to start taking real actions instead of hiding from reality.

Unshackle Upstate According to John Faso, it's repair time in New York! The state government is running out of money and soon won't be able to pay all its bills. Let's see John’s suggestions on how N.Y. can fix this problem.

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Unshackle Upstate To all of you who have joined us on this voyage to take back OUR state, may you all have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Unshackle Upstate The Senate returned today for only a brief period. No bills or issues were discussed and no progress on the DRP. But Senator John Sampson did make some comments. Let's see if they come true...

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Unshackle Upstate Here is an interesting poll from Marist about your feelings on Albany and incumbents. There are good legislators out there and we need them to return. But for the others, voters have had enough. Time to put words into action.

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November 23 at 8:26am

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Chris DeVoe

As long as the general public (read: voter) believes that taxes & spending = good, and cuts = bad, and especially that anything related to business = bad, naming names like this won't do much. Remember "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax the fellow behind the tree?" I may not like it, but the public still believes there is someone to tax that will "solve" the problem, even if the "fellow" moves and takes his jobs and income with him (or her) to another state.

November 23 at 11:41am

Unshackle Upstate

You can bet that when the times comes we will tell you who is good and who is bad and who we think will represent the taxpayers. Until then, we need to keep getting more and more people to join the cause and push for change at the State Capital.

November 23 at 12:28pm

Unshackle Upstate The Governor has issued a message to all 212 members. His message is clear and he has echoed what we have been saying for months.

Paterson’s open letter to legislators - Capitol Confidential - New York Politics - timesunion.com -

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Unshackle Upstate As we return to work, our elected officials are returning to Albany to try and resolve the budget deficit. They are looking at many items, but most of them are not the good cuts we demand. Hit the link below and send a message that clearly states they shouldn't "balance the budget on the backs of taxpayers". SEND YOUR NOTE NOW...the clock is ticking!

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On October 19, Unshackle Upstate issued its response to Governor Paterson’s proposed $5 billion, 2-year Deficit Reduction Plan. While our coalition has some different views on specifically how the ...

Unshackle Upstate New York's budget crisis isn't taking the weekend off but legislators are leaving Albany without a DRP in place. The Legislature's inability to put politics aside to work this out is another slap in the face that will be remembered in 2010!

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/19/budget-battle-continues/

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November 19 at 1:47pm

Chris DeVoe

I wish it would be remembered in 2010, but I'm afraid that the public doesn't see the budget as a problem -- the media doesn't tie spending cuts to budget balancing. All "cuts" (even "cuts" to proposed spending above the previous year's actual outlay) are seen as bad and only hurting children, the elderly, etc. The public, not spending time ... See Morethinking about the state budget, just accepts that line, and votes in the incumbents time after time. Why should legislators be responsible? They just get tagged with "he/she hates kids."

November 19 at 1:57pm

Gloria Whitmore

I agree, come election time we need to remember that the DRP which takes mannnnnny hours of potential budget cuts/program cuts and they take the weekend off, nnno pay, for those of such little interest.

November 19 at 6:41pm

Philip E. Russell

Who is john Galt?

November 20 at 4:19am

Unshackle Upstate Unshackle Upstate has issued a press release regarding Governor Paterson's draft Industrial Development Agency reform proposal. By adding more costs onto IDA incentives, the governor is jeopardizing the upstate economy for short term political gain.

http://bit.ly/1Hww3W

11/19/09: Unshackle Upstate: IDA Draft Reform Proposal is a Bust

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Albany, NY -- Unshackle Upstate today expressed outrage over the governor's draft Industrial Development Agency (IDA) "reform" proposal, which would require developers to pay prevailing wages on many construction projects that receive lower cost financing through an IDA.

Unshackle Upstate While the majority of New Yorkers are well aware of New York's fiscal crisis, legislators have yet to reach an agreement on a deficit reduction plan.

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It's critical that you visit our website, www.unshackleupstate.com and send a message to your legisla...tors demanding that they make the tough choices to solve the state's budget woes.

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New York residents have consistently paid some the highest tax rates in the country. And during an economic recession, the last thing we should have to deal with is more taxes. However, that is not the case. ...

Unshackle Upstate The Assembly GOP has presented their own DRP - cutting approximately $3.75 billion from the budget. Now it's time for the Senate's leadership to step up and deliver a proposal that doesn't rely on increased taxes and fees.

http://bit.ly/3BWc9

Assembly GOP presents deficit proposals - Capitol Confidential - New York Politics - timesunion.com

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Unshackle Upstate YOU DID IT!!! Many thanks to everyone who helped Unshackle Upstate achieve the goal of 2,010 Facebook fans before January 1, 2010! We're so excited about meeting the 2010 Facebook Challenge goal with seven weeks to go, we're now challenging all of you to help us reach the 3,000 fan mark by the end of the year. The more... voices we have speaking as one, the greater our chances of changing things in Albany!

Unshackle Upstate View a statement from Unshackle Upstate Executive Director, Brian Sampson, regarding the potential increase of health insurance taxes during today's special legislative session

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11/16/09: Statement on Possible Increase in Health Insurance Taxes

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Unshackle Upstate urged the Upstate Senate Majority, who have banded together to oppose cuts that will disproportionately impact Upstate, to not side with downstate colleagues as they consider roughly $1 billion in new health insurance tax increases.

Unshackle Upstate The article below tells it all...Stupid Is as Albany Does. We cannot let this happen. We need everyone to click the link below and send an email to the entire legislature telling them to make the cuts now. Otherwise we are going to end up on the bad end of an Albany decision again.

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Unshackle Upstate On the bad news front, there have been secret talks in the halls of the capitol of increasing taxes on health insurance by $1 billion. That's right, $1 billion. If enacted, thousands of New Yorkers would be forced to drop their health coverage.

http://bit.ly/1yUL50

NY eyes $1B tax slap on health

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Unshackle Upstate According to John Faso, it's repair time in New York! The state government is running out of money and soon won't be able to pay all its bills. Let's see John’s suggestions on how N.Y. can fix this problem.

Unshackle Upstate To all of you who have joined us on this voyage to take back OUR state, may you all have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Unshackle Upstate The Senate returned today for only a brief period. No bills or issues were discussed and no progress on the DRP. But Senator John Sampson did make some comments. Let's see if they come true...

Unshackle Upstate Here is an interesting poll from Marist about your feelings on Albany and incumbents. There are good legislators out there and we need them to return. But for the others, voters have had enough. Time to put words into action.

Unshackle Upstate The Governor has issued a message to all 212 members. His message is clear and he has echoed what we have been saying for months.

Unshackle Upstate Unshackle Upstate has issued a press release regarding Governor Paterson's draft Industrial Development Agency reform proposal. By adding more costs onto IDA incentives, the governor is jeopardizing the upstate economy for short term political gain.

http://bit.ly/1Hww3W

Unshackle Upstate The Assembly GOP has presented their own DRP - cutting approximately $3.75 billion from the budget. Now it's time for the Senate's leadership to step up and deliver a proposal that doesn't rely on increased taxes and fees.

http://bit.ly/3BWc9

Unshackle Upstate View a statement from Unshackle Upstate Executive Director, Brian Sampson, regarding the potential increase of health insurance taxes during today's special legislative session

http://bit.ly/18ZfxX

Unshackle Upstate The article below tells it all...Stupid Is as Albany Does. We cannot let this happen. We need everyone to click the link below and send an email to the entire legislature telling them to make the cuts now. Otherwise we are going to end up on the bad end of an Albany decision again.

Unshackle Upstate On the bad news front, there have been secret talks in the halls of the capitol of increasing taxes on health insurance by $1 billion. That's right, $1 billion. If enacted, thousands of New Yorkers would be forced to drop their health coverage.

http://bit.ly/1yUL50

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Unshackle Upstate According to John Faso, it's repair time in New York! The state government is running out of money and soon won't be able to pay all its bills. Let's see John’s suggestions on how N.Y. can fix this problem.

Unshackle Upstate To all of you who have joined us on this voyage to take back OUR state, may you all have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Unshackle Upstate The Senate returned today for only a brief period. No bills or issues were discussed and no progress on the DRP. But Senator John Sampson did make some comments. Let's see if they come true...

Unshackle Upstate Here is an interesting poll from Marist about your feelings on Albany and incumbents. There are good legislators out there and we need them to return. But for the others, voters have had enough. Time to put words into action.

Unshackle Upstate The Governor has issued a message to all 212 members. His message is clear and he has echoed what we have been saying for months.

Unshackle Upstate Unshackle Upstate has issued a press release regarding Governor Paterson's draft Industrial Development Agency reform proposal. By adding more costs onto IDA incentives, the governor is jeopardizing the upstate economy for short term political gain. http://bit.ly/1Hww3W

Unshackle Upstate The Assembly GOP has presented their own DRP - cutting approximately $3.75 billion from the budget. Now it's time for the Senate's leadership to step up and deliver a proposal that doesn't rely on increased taxes and fees.http://bit.ly/3BWc9

Unshackle Upstate View a statement from Unshackle Upstate Executive Director, Brian Sampson, regarding the potential increase of health insurance taxes during today's special legislative sessionhttp://bit.ly/18ZfxX

Unshackle Upstate On the bad news front, there have been secret talks in the halls of the capitol of increasing taxes on health insurance by $1 billion. That's right, $1 billion. If enacted, thousands of New Yorkers would be forced to drop their health coverage. http://bit.ly/1yUL50

Unshackle Upstate Unshackle Upstate has issued a press release regarding Governor Paterson's draft Industrial Development Agency reform proposal. By adding more costs onto IDA incentives, the governor is jeopardizing the upstate economy for short term political gain.

http://bit.ly/1Hww3W

Unshackle Upstate The Assembly GOP has presented their own DRP - cutting approximately $3.75 billion from the budget. Now it's time for the Senate's leadership to step up and deliver a proposal that doesn't rely on increased taxes and fees.

http://bit.ly/3BWc9

Unshackle Upstate View a statement from Unshackle Upstate Executive Director, Brian Sampson, regarding the potential increase of health insurance taxes during today's special legislative session

http://bit.ly/18ZfxX

Unshackle Upstate On the bad news front, there have been secret talks in the halls of the capitol of increasing taxes on health insurance by $1 billion. That's right, $1 billion. If enacted, thousands of New Yorkers would be forced to drop their health coverage.

http://bit.ly/1yUL50