Please find below two compelling articles: one that demonstrates what high tax-and- spend policies have already done to New Yorkers and and one about the power of public employee unions that should serve as a stark warning to New York State taxpayers.

High Taxes Present: Property tax bills continue to rise even as home values fall

In today's Journal News, New Yorkers are treated to a startling, but unsurprising analysis of property tax related to home values. According to the article: "Westchester residents pay the highest property taxes in the nation, while sixteen upstate counties - including Orleans, Monroe, Erie and Cortland - pay the highest property taxes compared with home values in the country."

High Taxes Future: The Beholden State

In the influential City Journal, Steve Malanga describes how public sector unions contributed directly to California's economic stagnation. As a cautionary tale, the article details how union contracts forced higher taxes on the taxpayers leading to the near bankruptcy of the largest state in the Union.

The time for change in Albany is now!