Expanding the Tax Base

If you've ever got a problem and need a solution, here's a piece of free advice. The solution probably isn't the easy way out. The panacea that glitters in the window like some kind of a North Star is most likely a mirage.

Tom Suozzi doesn't think so. In his youtube announcement of his run for reelection, he talked about expanding the tax base and then said that the solution to that was, miraculously, the Lighthouse!

That's the truth in Tom Land. I deal with reality. And in reality, one project is not going to solve everything. To expand the tax base we need a climate that encourages small businesses to grow. We need a climate that encourages entrepreneurs to come to Long Island and take advantage of our highly educated residents and highly skilled workers. We need a living condition that will allow them to start lives here.

And on that measure, Tom has failed miserably. He's raised taxes. Invented new ones. Made the tax system the most opaque and inaccurate in the country. Businesses hate uncertainty. And workers need a place to live. Suozzi's so distracted by his dreams of Albany and Life in the City that he's forgotten everything else.

I can assure you of one thing. Under Ed Mangano you're going to get real answers and straight talk from the man who knows the most about county government out of everyone in government. And you're going to get solutions, not press conferences.