Buffalo Boy's Blog

Governor Patterson must go. I am a democrat and most of my ideals are left wing but what this guy is doing is just criminal. He is laying the ineptness of our state government on the tax payers and thats wrong.

Yesterday the article in the paper about his desire to tack on a 2% tax on the utilities was just amazing. He knows exactly where that cost will be passed on to, you, me and every other taxpayer who has a phone, heat, and electric bill in this state.

We can not afford anymore taxes, at all. This state and specifically Western New York has been artificially depressed for years now and to have these proposed taxes showing up every day just weighs on the minds of all.

Utilities will pass on the cost of that 2% tax to consumers with an obvious or not so obvious fee on the bill. The crazy thing is, our utility bills already have enough hidden and garbage fees and taxes that already make New York State the 2nd highest utilitiy costs in the country. I Guess Mr. Patterson wants to be number one.

Thats fine, we can have the highest utility bills in the country, but I think this state will have another number one ranking: the highest decline in population as people flee these high taxes. After people leave, then what do you do?

Eventually this government, both state democrats and republicans need to wake up and learn how to run our government without all the waste.