A RINO is a Republican In Name Only. In other words, a person who calls himself Republican but does not abide by any of the Republican ‘principles’.

I’d love to see your analysis on this issue.

Any candidate from either party who addresses this has my vote.

What is a RINO?

I feel your pain though, I live in California. Oh yeah, and I am no fan of the AMT.

You actually are arguing the other point. NYC actually raised taxes. Bloomberg drastically increased property taxes. He eliminated the decade long exemption on sales taxes for clothing purchases under $125, raised the sales tax on all goods by .5%. He also increased parking meter rates, increased fines etc.

As far as the reduction on federal income taxes in NY. Counting the ridiculous AMT many New Yorkers including myself now pay we actually increased payments to the IRS because the deduction for payment of State and Local taxes on our federal taxes are now reduced on our AMT. Add to that, the large increase in property taxes that I had to pay to my suburban NY municpality to offset the reduction in funding to my school district and local town, village and county while being forced to pay for unfunded mandates in medicaid and Education and my overall tax bill has gone up drasitcally in the past 4 years.

I got my BA in Economics back in the day (WAY back). I had several great profs (monetarists, Laissez Faire libertarians and supply siders) and a few duds (Keynesian wannabes, socialists)but enjoyed the discussions and debates (which stayed very civil in the econ dept).

That was a long time ago, now I’m studying for the allied health field (possible career change). I did save most of my books, though and occasionally still read them.

I always thought economics was the perfect undergrad degree because it gave you a solid base from which to jump into most any field (except of course, allied health). I don’t regret it though.

Keep up the great site.

PS: you could always teach economics when you retire, you certainly know your stuff!

I haven’t seen too many referrences to the Laffer curve since I graduated with a BA in Economics. My favorite professor was a big proponent of “The Curve”. Great Post!