New York State spending, borrowing, and taxation are eroding our standard of living and driving people and businesses to lower cost areas. We must reduce the size and cost of government, reduce the burden of taxation and regulation, and enable the growth of quality jobs across our region. This is why I have decided to support Steve Kula for the 136th Assembly District. Steve has set as his primary objective the reduction of state spending by 27% over the next four years to achieve reductions of over $37B.
His opponent, Phil Palmesano, is not planning to cut back on state spending. All he is willing to offer is a cap of 4% on spending increases at the state and local levels. If Palmesano’s idea is implemented, state spending could rise from $136B to $201B over ten years, an increase of 47%. Phil Palmesano believes he has the right to continue to raise your taxes and expand the size and power of state government.
Steve Kula has a very different approach. Steve believes that the current budgets are wasteful and unsustainable. Rather than accept Palmesano’s proposal to continue to spend more each and every year, he will work to immediately begin to cut spending and continue to cut every year until we are competitive with other states.
Phil Palmesano offers you simplistic nonsense while endorsing Albany’s tax and spend culture. Steve Kula wants to take an axe to the state budget and cut it down to size. And he has a specific and workable set of common sense action plans to do just that. Nonsense or common sense? That is your clear choice.
Linda Strauss-Jones
Italy NY
