He has sent mixed signals in private and in public on the matter, saying on the one hand that he thinks raising taxes would cause wealthy people to move out of New York, and on the other hand that all options to plug the budget gap have to be on the table.
But he thinks raising the minimum wage on a citywide basis isn't helpful to them.
That thought raises the wattage on her smile.
He said he did not think raising taxes would be necessary to cover expansion of programs and services, but favored reinstating an income tax surcharge that was recently rolled back by Mr. Giuliani and the City Council.
Governor Paterson has said that he does not think raising taxes again is wise after the state added more than $5 billion to taxpayers' bills this year.
The Fed hasn't changed this margin requirement currently 50%– in 25 years, and Alan Greenspan said last week that he didn't think raising margin debt requirements was necessary to slow the stock market.
"He thought I raised it from the dead," Mr. Daley said one recent afternoon, explaining how the project got its name and how he, a bit reluctantly, got his niche.
Mr. Romney said that when he first spoke to Mr. Voight on the phone, he was nervous making "chitchat" with a well-known actor, and so he talked about his five sons, and how raising boys was harder, he thought, than raising daughters.
I think raising it further would be dumb.
"I think raising awareness is much more important than legislation.
