It’s a bit tiring to point out the obvious hypocrisy day-in-day-out but sometimes you just have to. Today’s installment centers on the outcry from the Board of Supervisors at the tax rate increase in the City of Amsterdam and its impact on the local economy. You can see the salient post here.
Here’s a curious thing if you look at the voting record of the County Supervisors, most of whom rail against any tax increase — as long as it not their own– they unanimously continue to support an additional 1% sales tax for Montgomery County with the blessing of the State Legislature. If you look at the adopted resolution below, each and every supervisor voted ‘Aye’ to continue the 1% surcharge. And by the way, the extension of the surcharge goes through November 2013.
So you see kids, the message is clear: do as I say, never mind what I do.
Methinks a petition is in order to rail against this tax increase. Oh, never mind, silly me, supervisors don’t demagogue petition themselves, they merely author petitions against other politicians municipalities. Apparently when other municipalities raise taxes the supervisors must perceive it as an invasion of turf and hence take great offense to the intrusion.
Here is the resolution so you can marry the rhetoric with the record. (The red highlight is my emphasis).
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASS BILL A.5970 AND S.3769 WHICH WOULD REAUTHORIZE LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO SALES TAX IN THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY (BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
| Resolution by Supervisor: | Strevy | Seconded by: | Barone, Sr. |
WHEREAS, in 2003 the NYS Legislature empowered the County of Montgomery to raise an additional 1% sales tax, and
WHEREAS, such authorization is due to expire November 30, 2011, and
WHEREAS, this additional sales tax revenue has been critical to the fiscal well-being of Montgomery County, and
WHEREAS, the New York Legislature has drafted legislation A.5970 and S.3769 which would amend such sections of the NYS Tax Law to reauthorize the additional 1% sales tax through November 30, 2013,
RESOLVED, that the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors hereby supports and advocates for the passage of A.5970 and S.3769 by the NYS Legislature.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED with Aye(1868). (5/24/2011)
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| cc: | County Treasurer County Clerk Senator Hugh Farley Assemblyman George Amedore, Jr. |
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Yeah, they are going to take it all. It’s their money, they have their name on it and they charge to use it. The situation is untenable for us. The currency is being alchemically altered into confetti. It’s a mystical process and you wouldn’t understand it, very complicated so move along. Many people think they are getting their pensions and Social Security. Many people think that the Federal Reserve is a friendly government agency and is going to take care of them. If they can just keep that tax spigot cracked in the local government, we can sustain this indefinitely, there will be a happy ending!
When the Fed stops paying the interest on the debt, or China dumps its Long term Treasury Bills, the house of cards will behave just like one. The Federal Government is now spending the Federal Pension Funds. When the money runs out, it will be sort of like someone building a damn upstream from your farm. The states will spend the state pension funds and so on right down to the local school lunch lady and bus driver. Folks like us. 45 of the 50 states are in a posture of default.
If you can leave your job and get your hands on a portion of your pension, get that cash and buy and take physical possession of gold or silver bullion. You can trade it in latter for fiat notes after the coming shakeout. Get out of debt and sell off your junk. Within a couple years time, me thinks we’ll find that the Federal Reserve Notes make excellent clean fill. Just don’t grow food over it. It’s not fit for consumption.