# New York needs to raise taxes

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**Created:** [August 8, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-needs-to-raise-taxes/52933 "2008-08-08T06:14:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-needs-to-raise-taxes/52933/140 "2008-08-11T13:27:05Z")

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> [@Joe](#):
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> If Paterson is in favor and the Senate is in favor, they’ll work out something to hammer it through. If he keeps being seen as the obstruction, a la Joe Bruno for so many years, for long enough, eventually people will start to be pissed.

You have a lot more faith in NY politics than I do. Silver is strong with his small base who keep re-electing him, so he can vote anyway he wants. Bruno didn’t leave because he was unpopular; he left because he was under investigation. As long as Silver stays legal he can continue to do what ever he wants with his stranglehold on the Assembly.

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