There are a few things that people really need in life. Air's one. Shelter's another. We all need water, and we all need to heat our homes. Since that's a necessity, Tom Suozzi has decided to tax it.
Democrats are usually about 'progressive taxation.' Until they can't soak the rich enough to make it stick. Then, they soak everyone. A home heat tax, like the 2.5% tax the Democrats enacted earlier this year, is the worst kind of tax.
It hits everyone. If you live indoors, you're paying the home energy tax. Is that fair?
In the last five years, we've seen record increases in the price of natural gas and home heating oil. People are strapped as it is. But the county wants to add another 2.5% on top of these record increases?
Maybe I sound like a stuck record. I probably am a stuck record. But I can't understand this. Nassau County is unaffordable enough already, with property taxes that rank as THE highest in the nation. And in this economy, people are strapped. Oil and gas are up -- again. Where's the extra money going to come from?
We need a change.
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