Comments on: Spitzer’s Surprise Christmas Present http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Fall of Indian Point Nuclear and Rise of NYRI : RSSBinghamton.com http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/comment-page-1/#comment-106 The Fall of Indian Point Nuclear and Rise of NYRI : RSSBinghamton.com Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:35:08 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/#comment-106 [...] win after trying to ram through drivers’ licenses for illegal aliens and then attempting to tax your Internet purchases. He’s got himself a new pet cause–shutting down the two nuclear reactors that sit along [...] [...] win after trying to ram through drivers’ licenses for illegal aliens and then attempting to tax your Internet purchases. He’s got himself a new pet cause–shutting down the two nuclear reactors that sit along [...]

]]> By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jim Willis Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:27:50 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/#comment-35 Excellent Roger! Thanks so much for the update. This is truly good news. Glad to have sharp readers (and bloggers) like you in our area. Best regards - Jim Willis Excellent Roger! Thanks so much for the update. This is truly good news. Glad to have sharp readers (and bloggers) like you in our area.

Best regards – Jim Willis

]]> By: Roger Thornhill http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Roger Thornhill Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:14:54 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/spitzers-surprise-christmas-present/#comment-34 In stunning proof of two-faced-ness, the Gov instantly backtracked his position, waffling in the face of overwhelming GOP withering volleys... from the NY Sun this AM: "...In a second major policy reversal in less than a day, Governor Spitzer is backing down from a plan to require Amazon.com and other online retailers to charge state and local sales taxes on all purchases from New York. Yesterday, just hours after The New York Sun reported on the new revenue collection scheme, the Spitzer administration announced that it was burying it for the time being — at least until after the Christmas shopping season. The move saved New York City shoppers from having to pay an additional 8.375% on many Amazon.com goods. "Governor Spitzer believes that now is not the right time to be increasing sales taxes on New Yorkers," Mr. Spitzer's budget director, Paul Francis, said in a statement. "He has directed the Department of Tax and Finance to pull back its interpretation that would require some Internet retailers that do not collect sales tax to do so." The turnabout came just hours after Mr. Spitzer said he was dropping his plan to allow illegal immigrants in New York to obtain driver's licenses. In this latest instance, Mr. Spitzer wasted little time before pulling the plug on another controversial policy, aborting it before it threatened to snowball into a distraction for his administration. " To Mr. Spitzer: There's a stagecoach leaving in five minutes. Be under it. In stunning proof of two-faced-ness, the Gov instantly backtracked his position, waffling in the face of overwhelming GOP withering volleys…
from the NY Sun this AM:

“…In a second major policy reversal in less than a day, Governor Spitzer is backing down from a plan to require Amazon.com and other online retailers to charge state and local sales taxes on all purchases from New York.

Yesterday, just hours after The New York Sun reported on the new revenue collection scheme, the Spitzer administration announced that it was burying it for the time being — at least until after the Christmas shopping season. The move saved New York City shoppers from having to pay an additional 8.375% on many Amazon.com goods.

“Governor Spitzer believes that now is not the right time to be increasing sales taxes on New Yorkers,” Mr. Spitzer’s budget director, Paul Francis, said in a statement. “He has directed the Department of Tax and Finance to pull back its interpretation that would require some Internet retailers that do not collect sales tax to do so.”

The turnabout came just hours after Mr. Spitzer said he was dropping his plan to allow illegal immigrants in New York to obtain driver’s licenses.

In this latest instance, Mr. Spitzer wasted little time before pulling the plug on another controversial policy, aborting it before it threatened to snowball into a distraction for his administration. ”

To Mr. Spitzer:

There’s a stagecoach leaving in five minutes.

Be under it.

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