Gov. Spitzer Flip-Flops Again

Posted on November 15, 2007
Filed Under Public Policy |

This probably isn’t the kind of first year that New York Governor Spitzer imagined. First he’s involved is a major scandal involving abuse of power against the leader of the opposing party, then he is forced by overwhelming public opinion and fleeing political allies to abandon a plan to give drivers licenses to illegals, and just mere days after that he is reverses position again, this time on an onerous, and likely illegal tax, on internet retailers, dubbed the Amazon Tax.

As to the statement below, perhaps Gov. Spitzer can explain to the citizens of New York exactly when is the right time to be increasing taxes on them?

“Governor Spitzer believes that now is not the right time to be increasing sales taxes on New Yorkers. He has directed the Department of Tax and Finance to pull back its interpretation that would require some Internet retailers that do not collect sales tax to do so,” State Budget Director Paul Francis said in the statement. [From New York's About-Face on E-Commerce Taxation]

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