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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
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And they keep on coming:
Lower pay for bankers, traders leads to state-revenue shortfall:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/i...0p54IGag1ukuMN
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“It’s the Wall Street slowdown. You can feel it hurting the entire state,’’ said one fiscal expert.
Taxes paid on Wall Street earnings have made up a massive 20 percent of New York’s $40 billion personal income-tax collections in recent years.
“A lot of the Wall Street people are really scared and worried,” said another source.
“They know their incomes are coming down because of the bonus cuts. They know thousands more may be fired. They’re worried about Europe, which they think could collapse, and they’re being demonized by the Occupy morons, who are being encouraged by the president.”
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On the topic of gardeners:
2 x 5 pack of lawn/leaf bags at Lowes: $1.94
New rake to replace the one I busted earlier on: $5.00
Doing a better job than my former gardener and getting some exercise to boot: Priceless
