Out of Touch

Completely, totally, insanely out of touch.

Silver says New York needs to boost tax revenue

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says the state's income tax brackets ultimately should be restructured, but
not now.

The Manhattan legislator says the immediate goal is to increase revenue to help close a projected $13 billion budget deficit for the state's upcoming fiscal year.

Silver's majority in the Assembly has previously passed legislation to raise taxes on New Yorkers earning $1 million or more a year. He says that so-called "millionaire's tax" is still before his Democratic conference, and he hasn't brought any other proposal.

Wouldn't it be better just to flush New York State down the toilet? Just to confiscate everyone in New York State and declare them, their income, and their property as slaves to the system? I mean, why beat around the bush?