By Jim Willis on Feb 1, 2008 in Business, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
Today brings a new and pathetic attempt to further justify the disaster that is the New York Medicaid system from none other than former Republican (in name only) Broome County Executive Carl S. Young, now executive director of an Albany-based nursing home association. He writes in an opinion piece in today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin. It’s [...]
By Jim Willis on Jan 26, 2008 in Business, Government & Politics | 2 Comments
Not to be outdone by New York State’s nannyism, Broome County now feels a compulsion to tell you what you can, and cannot, eat. Here’s a tasty morsel from today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Local restaurant workers may soon be serving french fries fried in soybean oil and cookies baked with margarine substitutes under a voluntary program [...]
By Jim Willis on Jan 19, 2008 in Business, Energy, Government & Politics | 4 Comments
Hallelujah! The New York State Public Service Commission (otherwise known as the PSC) is recommending against the Spanish takeover of Energy East/New York State Electric & Gas. This is good news! It doesn’t mean the takeover of a key piece of the U.S. infrastructure by a foreign company still won’t happen…but it sure slows it [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 24, 2007 in Business, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
The Press & Sun-Bulletin reports a PA business, located in nearby Montrose, PA, has received nearly half a million dollars to switch from burning oil to burning wood. Oh, and it’s being funded by a grant from the State of Pennsylvania. Which leads me to think the taxpayers in PA are about as nuts as [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 12, 2007 in Business, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 10 Comments
The Public Policy Institute of New York State reports this cheery news: New York is the second most costly state in the nation for businesses. The most costly state? Hawaii, which is separated from the mainland by half an ocean.
The Institute uses the following criteria when making its evaluation: average annual wages, cost of electricity, [...]
