Mark Johns for New York State Assembly
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New York state has the highest property taxes in the country, due mostly to the fact we spend 3X the national average on Medicaid and other social service programs. New York State's budget is as large as California's, and they have 75% more people, and a bigger infrastructure. We spend more on higher education than any other state and yet some of our best and brightest people are heading South for better paying jobs and 1/3 the property taxes.
There was no "Real Reform" this past legislative session in Albany. The politicians #1 goal is to get re-elected and that's why there are no term limits. That's also why the big money Special Interests, that fund the campaigns, get their way.
There are over 150 million dollars spent every year on lobbying Albany. That allows the lobbyists to have influence over the state budget that has ballooned to 136 billion dollars. You the taxpayer will ultimately pay for this excessive spending.
Every year the budget goes up three times (3X) the rate of inflation. We had at least a 4 billion dollar surplus in 2006 due to Wall Street. We now have deficits of nine billion dollars. The legislature spent it all, yet not a dime went to pay down our State's excessive 60 billion dollar debt.
Instead of fixing the problems, they cost the average home owner of Monroe County at least 3 to 4 thousand dollars a year in extra property taxes. If you are paying 7 thousand dollars a year in property tax here, a comparable property owner in the Raleigh, N.C. area is paying about 2 thousand dollars. That is an average of 5 thousand dollars a year or 50,000 dollars over the last 10 years. Is your Assemblyman worth that to you? Do you get 50,000 dollars more services than that home owner in Raleigh, N.C.?
You can vote for the same person every election and get the same results. Their re-election rate is almost 100%. Your Assemblyman, David Koon votes 98% of the time with Sheldon Silver, the New York City based Speaker of the Assembly.
They have one more legislative session after this November's election, to vote themselves another big pay raise and raise your taxes.
Like the Democrat & Chronicle says, "The legislators don't fear the voters."
Let's send Albany a message for change - a vote for Mark Johns is a vote for "Real Reform."
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26 Fuller Ave.
Webster, NY 14580
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