"I don't see why they have to be increased that much," he said.
"When something increases that much, you have to go over it incredibly carefully," said Michael Jacobson, who was the city budget official responsible for monitoring police spending during the Dinkins administration.
However, they have not increased that much!
"They've increased that much almost every year ever since," he says.
While that may be true, would prices have increased that much on that day without the Niger/Nigeria factor?
If the credit is not increased that much, and the $4,050-per-person "personal exemption" is eliminated, that modest tax cut could turn into no tax cut at all for those families, or even a slight tax increase.
I don't think I'd like to see minimum wage increase that much because labor cost is such a high expense for so many coffee shops and restaurants that I think the long term effect will be more detrimental.
It is an ingredient many say was missing in Nassau for years, especially considering that budgets must be passed a few days before Election Day, making tax increases that much more difficult, politically.
Most of those interviewed said political will had been missing in Nassau for years, especially because budgets must be passed just before Election Day, making tax increases that much more difficult politically.
The total burn rate will not increase that much.
