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The NY Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans

September 19, 2008
Federal income tax increases proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama could indirectly blow a nearly $1 billion hole in New York State’s treasury over the next two years, according to a new report released last week by the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a project of the Manhattan Institute.

The report, entitled “High-Stakes Taxing: New York’s Prospects Under the Next President’s Tax Agenda,” estimates the impact on New Yorkers and the New York tax base of individual income tax proposals offered by Obama and his Republican opponent, John McCain.

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New York Post December 05, 2008
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New York Post November 13, 2008
Income-Tax IdiocyThis is a link to an External Website
New York Post October 20, 2008
New York State’s Fiscal ReckoningThis is a link to an External Website
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>> Testimony

EJ McMahon Testimony: Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research December 10, 2008
E.J. McMahon Testimony: Real Property Taxation
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research April 17, 2007
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Manhattan Institute for Policy Research February 15, 2005
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>> News & Commentary

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October 06, 2008
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by E.J. McMahon March 24, 2008

>> Special Reports

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Taylor Made: The Cost and Consequences of New York's Public-Sector Labor Laws
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