Are Lazio’s proposed tax cuts good for New York?
October 29, 2000. Point-counterpoint opinion from FPI's Frank Mauro and Stephen Kagann, New York State Chief Economist, in the New York Daily News. It's a Boon to the Rich By Frank Mauro, Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute Rick Lazio likes to refer to his proposed tax cuts as balanced and fiscally responsible, and says they will "extend economic expansion across New York." In reality, he fails on all three grounds. The Lazio tax cuts are not fiscally responsible. Together with the spending increases he has [...]