Archive for December 18th, 2006
I don’t like the income tax. Every time we talk about these taxes we get around to the idea of “from each according to his capacity and to each according to his needs.” That’s socialism. It’s written in the Communist Manifesto. Maybe we ought to see that every person who gets a tax return receives a copy of the Communist Manifesto with it so he can see what’s happening to him.
— T. Coleman Andrews, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
U.S. News & World Report [May 25, 1956]
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TOTAL USDA SUBSIDIES IN
New York, 2005
Subsidy recipients 1 to 20 of 13,883
Recipients of Total USDA Subsidies from farms in New York totaled $134,137,000 in 2005.
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Rank
Recipient*
? ownership information available
Location
Total USDA Subsidies
2005
1
Mccollum Farms Partnership ?
Gasport, NY 14067
$611,464
2
Lor-rob Dairy Farm ?
East Bethany, NY 14054
$412,079
3
Star Growers ?
Elba, NY 14058
$401,003
4
Flevie And D Jean Danielewicz ?
Sanborn, NY 14132
$397,662
5
Panek Coatings ?
Albion, NY 14411
$392,160
6
W C Farms ?
Caledonia, NY 14423
$368,744
7
Kludt Farms ?
Kendall, NY 14476
$357,241
8
Shafers Farm ?
Middleport, NY 14105
$350,770
9
Herbert Or Nelson Nobles ?
South Dayton, NY 14138
$346,184
10
Root Brothers ?
Albion, NY 14411
$316,372
* USDA data are not “transparent” for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives. Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public. To see ownership information, click on the name, then click on the link that is titled Ownership Information
Follow the jump for the breakdown of subsidies for the top recipient of 2005 in New York State.
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It was announced last week that Eliot Spitzer is going to have two Co-Chairmen for the New York State Empire Development Corp. One for Upstate and one for Downstate.
On the surface this appears to be good news for residents of Upstate New York. The thought is that finally our voices will be heard and something will be done to benefit the economy of Upstate which is performing poorly compared to Downstate.
I don’t question the need for Upstate to have a voice and demand some benefits. What I do question is the necessity to create two offices when there was only one. Two offices and two Co-Chairmen will lead to more staff positions added and increased office expenses.
There is no reason that Eliot Spitzer couldn’t pick one qualified individual who could look at, and treat, the whole State fairly. Spitzer’s plan seems to be another opportunity to increase the political patronage jobs in New York State. There are already far too many.
I read reports here and here that the Bass Pro deal is dead. It is time for taxpayers to wake up and stop believing in the fairy tale that the good government will take care of us.
I would like to see a detailed accounting of how much taxpayers’ money has been wasted on this foolish project. Perhaps Mark Poloncarz could respond for the County, Andy SanFilippo for the City of Buffalo, Alan Hevesi for the State of NY and Brian Higgins for the Feds.
