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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
12:29 PM EDT
Joshua Culling

ATR Urges Cuomo to Sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

In response to Andrew Cuomo’s promise not to raise taxes as governor of New York, Americans for Tax Reform sent Cuomo a letter this morning urging him to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. In the letter, ATR President Grover Norquist asked the candidate to put his no-tax pledge in writing:

In announcing the kickoff of your campaign for governor over the weekend, you laid out a policy platform that seeks to reverse the tax-and-spend tide that has sunk New York’s economy. You explicitly promise not to raise taxes should you be elected governor. I commend you rejecting the David Paterson model of higher taxes, and ask you to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a promise in writing to constituents to oppose and veto any tax increases.

In your announcement, you said, “Raising taxes is not an option – period. Sometimes the answer is just ‘no.’” This is the correct position. New York has the nation’s highest combined state and local tax burden. A high-earner in Manhattan pays over half his or her income to the government.

Yet the incumbent governor has repeatedly pushed for bigger government and higher taxes. Government spending increased 8 percent last year in the midst of a crippling recession, financed by $6 billion in tax increases and bailout dollars from Washington. This strategy is driving New Yorkers out of the state: Between 1999 and 2008, New York saw an outflow of over 1.7 million people, more than any other state.

To view the full text of the letter, click here
Posted by Joshua Culling on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:29 PM EDT
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