New York’s crushing tax burden kills jobs, hurts families and threatens our quality of life. Brian Kolb voted against last year’s budget which contained $8.2 billion in job-killing taxes and fees. He also opposed all the tax and fee hikes in this year’s spending plan.
In addition to calling for no new taxes or fees, Brian Kolb is leading the fight to deliver real tax relief, enact a property tax cap and ban Albany’s unfunded mandates that drive up local property taxes.
REDUCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING
Over the past decade, state government spending has risen by nearly 70%. Brian Kolb
knows this growth is unsustainable. That’s why he is working to reduce spending to
shrink the size and cost of state government.
In March, Brian Kolb outlined billions in common-sense budgetary savings, including State Agency consolidations and mergers to close the deficit. Brian Kolb is also pushing for a state spending cap to ensure government finally lives within its means.
STOP BORROWING
The state’s budget deficit has ballooned to $9.2 billion and its debt is now $57.5 billion,
approximately $2,940 for every resident. New York’s per capita debt ranking is the nation’s
fourth worst.
Brian Kolb wants to stop government borrowing and end “generational theft” that threatens the financial future of all New Yorkers.
He supports eliminating “backdoor borrowing” – borrowing without voter approval – and requiring that any ballot proposition authorizing state debt include information on both the principal and interest incurred by taxpayers.