Do we have a problem or a predicament in the way government tries to solve the social issues we face in our society.   Problems have a solution or a ending.   Predicaments have only outcomes.   Going over Governour Cuomo State of the State Address, a lot of proposed fixes for problems or are they predicaments that our state is in.   Are we [...]

Some state’s just can’t help themselves…    Tax everyone and everything, raise fees and drive all the producers out to tax friendly states.     Again, no leadership and blame everyone but ourselves.    Sound familiar? SPRINGFIELD — Illinois, unable to solve its long-running financial problems, was given the lowest credit rating of any state in the country by Moody’s Investors [...]

As our state retired employees sue New York State over a modest health care premium increase, the rest of us will swallow 8% increases on our health insurance.   ”Danny Donohue, president of CSEA, said the administration is being “heartless.”  “Nobody bargained for this and these increases will hit retirees hard — it’s not right and they don’t deserve this treatment,” he said in a [...]