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10/25/2005: "Vote No! on Proposition One"
Proposal One, on the NY ballot in November, will:
* sharply curtail the governor's right to veto spending;
* guarantee late budgets every year;
* increase taxes every year;
* increase debt every year;
* allow legislators to enact budget changes in secret;
* remove the provision mandating that lawmakers lose their paychecks when the budget is proposed late;and
* remove all checks and balances--allowing the legislature to become the "constructor" of the budget.
Libertarian Party of NY's Prop 1 Press Release
Read more from
High Taxes NY and the Empire Center (the latter is in PDF).
