# 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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### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-needs-to-raise-taxes/52933/33 "2008-08-08T08:46:34Z")

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> [@n20junkie](#):
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> Um, how about we stop spending 60 percent of our taxes on healthcare, and other social programs. No we can’t do that, we have to keep those, we just need to take more money out of my pocket.

Amen. Health care should be privatized along with social security. Take that on top of stopping the war and other foreign conflicts we have no purpose in and we will have enough to pay off some of the debt and help fix the situation here in our own country.

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