It’s holiday time in Binghamton, but some people are very unhappy, because they are convinced I was “paid off by the Democrats”, and now they will suffer higher and higher taxes.
Higher and higher taxes were the rule under the previous Republican administration . Taxes increased in nine of its twelve budgets from 1995 – 2006. Taxes rose every year from 2001-2006, and did so at an average of 7.24%. The average yearly tax hike from 2007 to the present under the Democrats is 7.85%. 0.61% isn’t much difference.
So those very unhappy people should dry their tears, and stop pretending meaningful change would have come under a return to the previous administration. The political class would have come first, not the people paying the freight. Too bad that’s not going to change any time soon around here, but it was worth trying to do.
