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Table 3
NEW YORK AND THE FIVE
HIGHEST TAXING STATES, 1988
NEW YORK AND ITS
NEIGHBORS, 1988
All State-Local Taxes
All State-Local Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. New York
2,934
165.5
$Per Cap
Index
2. Connecticut
New York
2,281
128.7
2,934
165.5
3. Hawaii
Connecticut
2.259
127.4
2.281
128.7
4. New Jersey
New Jersey
2,217
2.217
125.1
125.1
S. Massachusetts
Massachusetts
2.160
121.9
2,160
121.9
Vermont
1.663
105.1
Pennsylvania
1,627
91.8
Property Taxes
Property Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. New Hampshire
936
174.0
$Per Cap
Index
2. New Jersey
New Jersey
933
933
173.4
173.4
3. Wyoming
Connecticut
915
911
170.1
169.3
4. Connecticut
New York
911
860
159.3
159.8
5. New York
Vermont
860
750
159.8
139.5
Massachusetts
691
128.4
Pennsylvania
439
81.7
General Sales Taxes
General Sales Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. Washington
$Per Cap
863
Index
201.8
Connecticut
2. Hawaii
614
838
143.4
195.8
New York
3. Connecticut
570
614
133.2
143.4
4. Arizona
New Jersey
406
588
95.0
137.3
Massachusetts
5. New Mexico
343
582
80.2
136.0
Pennsylvania
6. New York
321
74.9
570
133.2
Vermont
222
$1.8
State Personal income Taxes
State Personal income Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. New York
$Per Cap
Index
758
230.7
New York
758
2. Massachusetts
230.7
677
206.0
Massachusetts
677
3. Minnesota
206.0
610
185.6
New Jersey
331
4. Delaware
100.9
572
174.3
Vermont
S. Hawaii
362
110.2
570
173.5
Pennsylvania
234
71.2
Connecticut
109
33.2
State Corporate Income Taxes
State Corporate Income Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. Michigan
$Per Cap
Index
201
226.1
Connecticut
2. Connecticut
186
209.3
186
209.3
Massachusetts
3. Massachusetts
181
204.2
181
204.2
New Jersey
4. Delaware
153
172.3
181
203.5
New York
5. California
121
136.5
169
190.1
Pennsylvania
8. New York
87
98.2
121
136.5
Vermont
80
90.3
All Other Taxes
All Other Taxes
$Per Cap
Index
1. Dalaware
$Per Cap
Index
841
216.1
New York
2. Nevada
625
749
160.6
192.5
Pennsylvania
3. Wyoming
547
736
140.4
188.9
Connecticut
4. Maryland
461
683
118.5
175.5
Vermont
5. New York
393
625
101.0
160.6
New Jersey
393
101.0
Massachusetts
268
68.9
Note: Indexes are calculated from unrounded figures
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Preliminary Data
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from neighboring states.* According to the most recent data from the N.Y.
State Department of Taxation and Finance, only 7.9 percent of New York State's
personal income tax liability is attributable to non-residents' earnings in
New York State. This figure must then be reduced by an unknown percentage to
account for New York residents earning their incomes in other states. The net
figure may or may not be larger than the corresponding figures for other
states, but even adjusting New York's figure downward by the entire
in-commuter percentage would still leave it above next-ranking Massachusetts.
As shown in table 3, New York also ranks among the five highest
taxing states in property taxation and in the "all other taxes" category; its
sales tax burden ranks sixth, and its corporate income tax burden ranks eighth.
A comparison of New York's tax burdens with those of its neighboring
states, also shown in table 3, finds New York far ahead in terms of total
taxes per capita, with big leads in the state personal income tax and "all
other taxes" categories, among the highest states in property and sales taxes,
and in an average position with regard to corporate income taxation.
Other Studies of Earned Income Taxation
The Revenue Department of the State of Minnesota has just published a
study of earned income taxation, including the calculation of tax liabilities
for eight types of households by ten income brackets in each state with a tax
on earned income. Table 4 shows the results of some of these calculations.
While awaiting the full report providing study methodology and assumptions,
some preliminary observations are in order.
Which add to tax collections without being included in the denominator of the
per capita fraction.
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Table 4
STATE TAXES ON EARNED INCOME FOR SELECTED TYPES OF FILERS, 1988
Single Earning
Two-Income Marrieds Earning
$35.000
$50.000
$75,000
$100,000
STaxes
Index
STaxes
Index
STaxes
Index
STaxes
Index
Alabama
1,118
97.7
1.598
112.4
2,373
96.8
3,149
89.9
Alaska
0
0.0
0
0,0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Arizona
1,300
112.9
1,684
117.0
2,633
107.4
3.801
102.8
Arkansas
1,372
119.1
1,686
118.5
3.058
124.7
4,461
127.4
California
1.455
126.3
1,350
94.9
3,198
130.4
5,151
147.1
Colorado
1,268
110.1
1,558
109.5
2,535
103.4
3.510
100.2
Connecticut
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
o
0.0
Delaware
1,497
130.0
1,750
123.0
3,219
131.3
4,752
135.7
Dist of Columbia
2,196
190.7
2.691
189.2
4,595
187.4
6,591
186.2
Florida
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Georgia
1.484
128.9
1,900
133.6
3,180
128,8
4,420
126.2
Hawaii
2,416
209.8
2.854
200.7
4,949
201.8
7,049
201.3
Idaho
2,000
173.7
2,290
161.0
3,988
162.6
5.710
163.1
Illinois
850
73.8
1,150
80.9
1,775
72.4
2,400
68.5
indiana
1,756
100.4
1,564
110.0
2,414
98.4
3,264
93.2
lowa
1,413
122.7
1,877
132.0
3,145
128.2
4,401
125.7
Kansas
1,319
114.5
1,386
97.5
2,489
101.5
3.602
102.9
Kentucky
1,259
109.3
1,710
120.2
2,679
109.2
3,575
102.1
Lousiana
735
63.8
945
66.4
1,505
61.4
2,065
59.0
Maine
1,859
161.4
2,282
160.5
3,960
161.5
5,640
161.1
Maryland
2,040
177.1
2,870
187.7
4,245
173.1
5,820
166.2
Massachusetts
1,539
133.6
2,024
142.3
3,248
132.4
4,480
127.9
Michigan
1,527
132.6
1,969
138,4
3,119
127.2
4,269
121.9
Minnesota
1,936
158.1
2,360
165.9
4,036
164.6
5,720
163.3
Mississippi
1,020
88.6
1,175
82.6
2,225
90.7
3,275
93.5
Missouri
1,180
102.5
1,586
111.5
2,518
102.7
3,450
98.5
Montana
1,617
140.4
1,916
134,7
3,445
140.5
4,981
142.2
Nebraska
1,093
94.9
1,323
93.0
2,492
101.6
3.731
106.5
Nevada
0
0.0
0
0.0
o
0.0
O
0.0
New Hampshire
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
New Jersey
750
65.1
1,050
73.8
1,885
76.9
2,760
78.8
New Mexico
1,215
105.5
1,473
103.6
2,955
120.5
4,668
133.3
New York
2,029
176.2
2,439
171.5
4.237
172.8
5,998
171.2
North Carolina
1,781
152.9
2,157
151.7
3,627
147.9
5,097
145.5
North Dakota
670
58.2
683
48.0
1,448
59.0
2.210
63.1
Ohio
1,066
92.6
1,396
98.2
2,648
108.0
4,150
118.5
Oklahoma
1,449
125.8
1,770
124.5
3,030
123.5
4,290
122.5
Oregon
2,147
186.4
2,874
202.1
4,764
194.3
6,654
190.0
Pennsylvania
735
63.8
1,050
73.8
1,575
64.2
2,100
60.0
Rhode Island
1,099
95.4
1,120
78.8
2,372
96.7
3,625
103.5
South Carolina
1,642
142.6
2,013
141.5
3,430
139.9
4,848
138.4
South Dakota
o
O.O
o
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Tennessee
o
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Texas
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Utah
1,831
159.0
2,325
163.5
3.737
152.4
5,148
147.0
Vermont
1,101
95.6
1,121
78.8
2,376
96.9
3,631
103.7
Virginia
1,403
121.8
1,754
123.3
2,954
120.4
4,162
118.8
Washington
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
West Virginia
1,260
109.4
1,697
119.3
3,230
131.7
4,855
138.6
Wisconsin
1,930
167.6
2,332
164.0
3,810
155.4
5,339
152.5
Wyoming
o
0.0
o
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
U.S. Average
1,152
100.0
1,422
100.0
2,452
100.0
3,502
100.0
U.S. Median
1,260
109.4
1,588
111.5
2,679
109.2
3,731
106.5
Source: Minnesota Department of Revenue, Comparison of the 1988 Individual Income Tax Burdens by State, 1989
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New York's tax liabilities rank third or fourth among all states in
each of the four earner classes, exceeding the U.S. averages by 71.2 to 76.2
percent. The reasons why these disparities are less than the per capita tax
disparity of 130.7 percent may be attributable to such factors as: (1) the
exclusion of non-earned income taxes from the Minnesota calculations, and (2)
the fact that New York's per capita personal income is 17.1 percent above the
U.S. figure, indicating that relatively larger numbers of New Yorkers are in
higher yield tax brackets.
The Minnesota finding that Hawaii, Oregon, and in three cases
Maryland, exceed New Yorkers' tax liabilities, while per capita state personal
income tax figures show them ranking below New York, may again be attributable
to the difference in tax base definition (earned vs. total personal income),
the fact that New Yorkers' per capita income is far above that of Hawaii (15.2
percent) and Oregon (29.6%), and that the Maryland figure most likely includes
piggy-back local income taxes.
It should be noted that New York's reputation as a high tax state was
once again given nationwide publicity. The January 1990 issue of Money
Magazine carried a feature on "tax havens" and "tax hells," which also used
the Minnesota study findings, and clearly branded New York as one of the
nation's tax hells. Mercifully, the Money Magazine tabulations did not
include property tax figures, which would have made New York's relative
position even worse.
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GOVERNMENTAL SPENDING
New York's State and Local Governmental Spending
New York's high taxes are a function of correspondingly high
governmental expenditures. As shown in Table 5, preliminary 1988 spending
figures, shortly to be released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, show total
New York per capita spending at $4,200: 47.0 percent above the national
average of $2,857, and 21.0 percent above next-highest ranking Minnesota with
per capita expenditures of $3,470. The disparity versus the national average
in the preceding year was 44.7 percent.
ACIR's New Measure of Governmental Spending
According to a new study by the Advisory Commission on Intergovern-
mental Relations, New York's state and local governmental spending is 52.4
percent above what it should be if New York governments were to spend the same
amounts per standardized need unit (adjusted for interstate input cost
differentials) that are expended by all state and local governments in the
U.S. as a whole.
Traditional interstate comparisons of state and local governmental
spending involve the use of per capita figures (see column 3 of Table 5) or
measures of the relationship between spending and personal income. Both of
these measures have limitations. The per capita figures fail to take into
account variations in the individual states' costs-of-living and in the
numbers of need units being served. The personal income related measure
erroneously implies the existence of a causal relationship between wealth and
governmental spending needs.
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Table 5
ACTUAL PER CAPITA STATE-LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL SPENDING
AND THE ACIR REPRESENTATIVE EXPENDITURE INDEX
1987 Representative Expenditure System
1988 Actual
Actual
Representative
Actual as
Per Capita Exp
Per Capita Exp
Expenditure System
Percent of
$
Index
Index
Index (RES)
RES
Alabama
2,230
78.1
77.3
108.8
71.0
Alaska
9,546
334.2
370.7
121.3
305.6
Arizona
2.980
104.3
104.4
102.6
101.8
Arkansas
1,948
68.2
71.0
106,0
67.0
California
3,240
113.4
113.9
101.3
112.4
Colorado
2,889
101.1
105.6
98.1
107.6
Connecticut
3,284
114.3
108.9
91.7
118.8
Delaware
3.294
115.3
111.3
98.1
115.8
Dist of Columbia
5,785
202.5
192.3
102.9
186.9
Florida
2,555
89.4
87.6
92.6
94.6
Georgia
2,595
90.8
89.3
108.8
82.2
Hawaii
2,970
104.0
105.4
89.6
117.6
Idano
2,226
77.9
77.5
100.1
77.4
Illinois
2,611
91.4
93.8
102.4
91.6
Indiana
2,294
80.3
30.5
99.3
81.1
lowa
2,650
92.8
93.6
95.8
97.7
Kansas
2,562
89.7
92.8
98.4
94.3
Kentucky
2,271
79.5
77.7
108.3
71.7
Lousiana
2,525
88.4
91.9
110.4
83.2
Maine
2,693
84.2
92.2
89.0
103.6
Maryland
2,953
103.4
102.9
97.0
106.1
Massachusetts
3,286
115.0
111.5
87.3
127.7
Michigan
3,122
109.3
107.9
108.3
99.6
Minnesota
3,470
121.5
122.2
98.0
124.7
Mississippi
2,245
78.6
75.5
113.3
66.6
Missouri
2,139
74.9
77.0
100.2
76.8
Montana
2,814
98.5
107.3
102.0
105.2
Nebraska
2,597
90.9
92.3
96.2
95.9
Nevada
2,931
102.6
104.6
95.9
109.1
New Hampshire
2,441
85.4
83.3
85.4
97.5
New Jersey
3,297
115.4
113.0
93.1
121.4
New Mexico
2,841
99.4
100.3
110.8
90.7
New York
4,200
147.0
145.2
95.3
152.4
North Carolina
2,271
79.5
77.4
98.6
78.5
North Dakota
2,921
102.2
107.9
105.2
102.6
Ohio
2,580
90.3
$0.7
99.9
90.8
Oklahoma
2,307
80.8
82.5
103.8
79.5
Oregon
2,961
103.7
104.6
97.9
105.8
Pennsylvania
2,518
88.1
87.5
90.4
96.8
Rhode Island
3,056
107.0
103.8
85.8
121.0
South Carolina
2,293
80.3
79.0
103.3
76.5
South Dakota
2,355
82.4
94.7
104.7
90.4
Tennassee
2,242
78.5
77.4
103.5
74,8
Texas
2,458
86.1
86.5
109.7
78.8
Utah
2,635
88.7
$4.8
104.9
90.4
Vermont
2,928
102.5
102.4
89.1
114.9
Virginia
2,637
92.3
89.4
98.6
90.7
Washington
2,869
100.4
103.4
98.6
104.9
West Virginia
2,282
79.9
84.7
102.7
82.5
Wisconsin
2,947
103.2
105.9
94.2
112.4
Wyoming
4,279
149.8
164.7
102.2
181.2
U.S. Average
2,857
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Note: Indexes calculated from unrounded figures
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, and R.W. Rafuse, Jr. (ACIR), Unpublished Paper, Dec. 1989
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ACIR's new Representative Expenditure System, conceptually analogous
to its Representative Tax System, represents a pioneering effort to address
the two shortcomings of the traditional per capita measure.
Robert W. Rafuse, Jr., the author of the study, first identified
measures of the workloads of each major governmental function to indicate the
relative need for outlays on such functions. Measures of such workloads, or
need units, include children of elementary schoolage net of enrollment in
private schools, school age population living in households below the poverty
line, total population below the poverty line, vehicle miles traveled, lane
miles of streets and roads net of federal highways, crime statistics, and
others.
Total nationwide state and local governmental spending was then
divided by total U.S. need units. The resulting amounts were further adjusted
to reflect interstate variations in the input costs (employee compensation) of
each major function.
The end results of these calculations were then expressed in per
capita terms and are shown as the RES (Representative Expenditure System)
indexes in column 4 of Table 5 (on page 13).
New York's Spending Highest By Any Measure
New York's hypothetical RES figure of 95.3 should be interpreted as
follows: If New York's state and local governments were to provide services
to people and institutions in the same manner and quantity per need unit as
state and local governments in the U.S. as a whole, New York's per capita
spending would only be 95.3 percent of the U.S. average, or 4.7 percent below
such average.
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However, as shown by column 5 of Table 5, depicting the ratio between
the per capita spending index and the representative expenditure index (a
simpler description of this measure would be "Over/Under~Spending Index"), New
York's actual state and local governmental spending is 52.4 percent above the
level required by spending patterns conforming to national averages.
Disregarding Alaska, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia,* New York finds
itself in an uncontested first place position. In terms of actual per capita
spending, New York exceeds second ranking Minnesota by 21.5 percent. In terms
of the ACIR measure, New York exceeds second ranking Massachusetts by 19.3
percent.
New York's High Spending Pervasive
New York's high overall spending index is the sum total of extremely
high over-spending indexes for all governmental functions, except higher
education:
Ratio of Actual
Per Capita
Spending Index
Functions
to RES Index
Position in the U. S.
Primary & Secondary Education
149.2
highest
Higher Education
87.0
36th
Public Welfare
197.8
Health and Hospitals
third, behind MA and RI
172.5
highest
Highways
153.1
highest
Police and Corrections
144.4
second, behind NV
Environment and Housing
139.9
second, behind HI
Interest and General Debt
149.9
Governmental Administration
fifth, behind DE, RI, MN, and OR
131.4
All Other Expenditures
fifth, behind NV, HI, DE, & CO
173.0
highest
Total Spending
152.4
highest
*Alaska and Wyoming because of their heavy reliance on exportable taxes on
extractive character. industries; the District of Columbia because of its all-urban
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CONCLUSION
New York's excess tax burden and excess spending, whether measured by
traditional per capita figures or by the more sophisticated indexes developed
by ACIR, are far above those of other states.
The major culprit on the tax side is the New York State personal
income tax which has built a huge lead over the rest of the nation, even over
next-ranking Massachusetts. This lead, so far, seems to have been impervious
to the tax rate reduction enacted by the state to date.
There can be no doubt that excess taxation at this scale, when
incorporated in the costs of just about every good and service produced in New
York State, must inevitably affect the competitiveness of producers whether
they sell in or outside of New York State.
On the spending side, the new work by Robert Rafuse of ACIR sharply
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By MARY ENGELS
and BARBARA ROSS
Daily News Staff Writers
President Bush yesterday
urged Staten Island and
South Brooklyn voters to
elect City Councilwoman Su-
san Molinari to Congress on
March 20, promising that if
they do, she will have "a
friend in the White House."
In the first presidential
visit to Staten Island since
Lyndon, Johnson dedicated
the Verrazano. Bridge 25
years ago, Bush warmly
praised the 31-year-old
daughter of his old friend,
Staten Island Borough Pres-
ident Guy Molinari.
Bush said that Susan Mo-
linari, who is running
against Democrat Bob Gi-
gante for the congressional
seat vacated by her father, is
embroiled in "one of the
great contests of 1990."
FRIEND IN WHITE HOUSE: City Councilwoman Susan Molinari exchanges kisses with President Bush yesterday. The chief executive was in
"A lot is at stake. There's
Staten Island to urge voters to vote for Molinari, who is running for Congress.
HARRY HAMBURG DAILY NEWS
been a lot of money spent on
both sides, a lot of press at-
ident. The Republicans won
has a "comfortable" lead
aides attributed it to the
it figured out about the way
tention. And I'm not here to
one and lost the other.
over Gigante, a 42-year-old
state party's interest in the
they'd figured out Nicara-
talk about the Trumps," he
'A sure bet'
lawyer, but "I never take
race.
gua."
said to laughter at a fund-
anything for granted."
Noticeably absent from
raising luncheon.
The borough president re-
Meanwhile, Bush yester-
the fund-raiser was Sen. Al-
Bush, who was accompa-
jected a suggestion that
Tonight, Gov. Cuomo will
day reminisced about his
fonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.). The
nied by Republican Nation-
Bush put his prestige on the
speak at a fund-raising din-
1988 campaign, when Molin-
senator and Molinari were
al Chairman Lee Atwater,
line in this contest, saying
ner for the Staten Island
ari was one of his earliest
once best friends, sharing an
has campaigned in only two
the young Molinari looks
Democratic Committee. This
supporters: "Molinari was at
apartment in Washington;
other congressional cam-
like "a sure bet."
is Cuomo's second visit to
my side when the going was
they had a bitter feud last
paigns since becoming Pres-
Molinari said his daughter
the island in two months;
tough and the pollsters had
year over the mayoral race.
Grant/Nappo
February 26, 1990
Draft five
A:Molinari
REMARKS: FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON FOR SUSAN MOLINARI
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1990
12:30 P.M.
Thank you. Great to see you, Congressman Bill Paxton. It's
a pleasure to see so many supporters here today
...
Pat. Barrett,
our New York G.O.P. Chairman; Olga Igneri [ig-NAIR-ee], our
Richmond County Republican chairman; our King's County chairman,
Fred Pantaleone [pan-ta-le-OWN]; and Mike Long, the State
Conservative Party Chairman. And of course, the 14th
Congressional District's next Representative
...
our own Susan
Molinari.\\
And I'd like to recognize another Molinari -- one of the
outstanding leaders on Capitol Hill who's back home to stay, my
friend, Guy Molinari. Guy has been a key member of our team in
Congress, but the voters here like him so much they've elected
him Borough President so he's a little closer to home. [And I
see that your Deputy Borough President, Jim Molinaro, is also
here today.] You know, I've known Guy a long time. He was there
for me in the tough early years, and I was proud to have him at
my side as my New York campaign chairman. Guy, you're a good
friend and we'll miss you in Washington. Barbara and I wish you
the best.
This is the first stop on our cross-country trip, and when
we arrive in California we'll be talking to Californians about
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fighting drugs and crime -- issues which I know concern New
Yorkers as well, and which I want to talk about today. And I'll
be meeting with Prime Minister Kaifu of Japan to discuss, another
important issue: American competitiveness in the Pacific Rim.
It's been almost 25 years since a President came to Staten
Island, when President Johnson dedicated the Verrazano Bridge.
Tonight, I'm here to talk about another bridge -- a bridge to the
future -- an election that will determine whether Staten Island
gets the experience, leadership and independence it deserves.
The election of the next Congresswoman from New York -- Susan
Molinari.
So here I am in New York, where one of the great contests of
1990 will take place. There's a lot at stake and there's been a
lot of money spent on both sides so much press attention
...
But hey, I'm not here to talk about the Trumps.
You all know I'm here to talk about the race in your
Congressional District. Guy Molinari leaves some pretty big
shoes to fill, but I can't think of anyone better for the job
than Susan Molinari. Like her father, Susan will continue the
hands-on leadership the voters have come to expect from the name
"Molinari."
Speaking of names, I'll tell you a true story. Susan found
a scrawny little mutt on Election Day of 1988. We were all
waiting for the returns to come in, but the dog wasn't doing
well, and they didn't think it would make it. But it was a good
3
dog -- loyal, cautious and prudent, -- and it pulled through. I
still can't figure out why, but she named the dog "George."
But Susan, there's one bit of insider political advice I'd
like to give you. Just one single word. 11 Puppies.
I understand that Susan's opponent is charging that she'll
do nothing but follow in her father's footsteps. ((Actually, that
sounds like a pretty good endorsement to me ...))
Susan Molinari is a tough, independent leader. She has the
determination, the understanding and the experience to get the
job done. When she was 27 she was already making history:
youngest member ever elected to the New York City Council; first
Republican elected from her district; the only Republican elected
to the City Council -- and she beat her Democratic opponent for
re-election 3 to 1. Susan Molinari is "the new generation of
leadership.
Time and time again, Susan has been tested. During her
tenure as Minority Leader on the City Council, she has held her
own -- as the toughest "minority of one" anyone's ever seen.
The effects of her leadership will be felt for many years.
She opened the door for other Republicans to follow her. She
gave this Party a voice where there was none. A great bipartisan
leader, she proved that the only fair system is a two-party
system.
Her opponent says Susan can't possibly be effective in
Congress, because she's not in the majority party. Poor guy, he
doesn't understand that there's a direct correlation between
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effectiveness and experience. Between effectiveness and
leadership. Between effectiveness and independence. And Susan
Molinari is the only candidate in this race with all three. Plus
she has something else: a friend in the White House.
The people of Staten Island need Susan in Congress, because
she'll do what's best for them. The Republican leadership needs
her in Congress, because they need her drive, initiative and
experience. And I need her in Congress, because we agree on the
important issues -- like a strong economy, schools and streets
free from drugs and violence, and a clean, safe environment.
We both agree that we need action on these issues, and we need it
now.
Drug abuse is a threat to all of America, but it's an
especially real threat to Staten Island. Only a few miles from
here, Everett Hatcher, a veteran DEA agent, was brutally murdered
by cocaine cowards. In the days after his death, his wife put
the blame for his killing squarely on the shoulders of so-called
"casual" drug users. We have to win the war on drugs for Everett
Hatcher, and all those who have given their lives to free America
of drug abuse. Susan knows the neighborhoods here. She's
dealt with the fight against drugs and crime as a tough City
Councilwoman. And now I need her experience in Washington.
You deserve safe, drug-free streets and schools. You deserve the
leadership of Susan Molinari.
One of the most vital issues today is protecting our planet.
Staten Islanders face some of the toughest environmental problems
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in this country, and Susan will fight -- and fight hard -- to
reduce air toxics and urban smog. Right now, our Clean Air
legislation is in both the House and Senate, and Susan will take
the oath of office just in time to make a difference. We've laid
down a fair-minded compromise, to help clean up our air while
preserving jobs. Now, let's break the stalemate. Let's protect
our environment for decades to come. Let's get the lead out.
Susan gets action on the environment. When the Exxon spill
left oil sludge on the shores of Staten Island, she called
company officials into her office. And by the time they left,
Exxon had agreed to the Molinari nine point plan for the cleanup.
Now that's what I call tough leadership. That's what I call
results.
And there's another result we ought to talk about tonight.
The result of nine years of Republican leadership at the federal
level: lower taxes and the greatest economic expansion in
history. And we've got to keep that economy strong so we can
keep America strong. Susan and I believe that lower taxes are
the key to making America competitive in the global marketplace.
She and I know we can outproduce, outmarket, and outsell anybody
else -- if we can keep taxes low for American business.
Susan understands what the voters want. Because like Staten
Island, she has a brilliant future and a proud heritage. Let me
tell you a story: 86 years ago, a battered steamer pulled into
New York Harbor, and a six year-old boy -- one of fourteen kids -
- and his mother stepped off onto Ellis Island, ready to join his
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father and siblings after leaving their home on the coast of
Southern Italy. Looking across the Harbor to the Statue of
Liberty, little Bob Molinari took the oath of allegiance and
became an American. Years later, the small boy became a
successful businessman. He taught his five children the value of
education and hard work. Held down three jobs, put himself
through night school, then decided it was time to give something
back to the new land that had given him so much. He entered
public service, serving Staten Island tirelessly in the State
Assembly.
Guy says his father was terribly proud of the United States,
"and he never let us forget it." Guy felt the same way about
education, about being an American, about serving this great
country.
When he was sworn into office, not far from here, he, too,
took his oath at the foot of the Statue of Liberty. The light
that glows from the huge Statue's torch shines over Staten Island
-- and beside this great community she stands, looking forward to
the world, and to the future. Now the time has come for Susan
Molinari to lead Staten Island forward.
America has given her much -- a wonderful family, an
education and the opportunity to be the best she can be. So now,
like her grandfather and her father before her, Susan wants to
give back some of the blessings America has given her. She cares
about this country and she's served Staten Island well. It's
time for a new generation of leadership.
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Your future and that of your children are precious. We need
experience. We need independence. We need leadership -- for a
strong Staten Island, and a strong America. We need Susan
Molinari. III
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
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NEW YORK POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990
New York Post Charles Wenzelberg
A BUSH AND A PECK: President Bush gives candidate Susan Molinari a kiss for luck yesterday.
Prez tells Trump gag on S.I.
By DEBORAH ORIN
contests of 1990 will take
just roared with laughter.
agree on, but avoided any
Washington Bureau Chief
place - a lot at stake,
GOP City Councilwoman
mention of abortion. She is
there's been a lot of money
Molinari, 31, is running
pro-choice, while Bush is
Even President Bush
spent on both sides, a lot of
against underdog Democrat
right-to-life.
couldn't resist making a
press attention," Bush said.
Bob Gigante, 42, for the seat
Susan Molinari later
Trump joke on the stump
The president, wearing a
vacated when her father,
yesterday as he visited
mock-serious look, gave a
Guy Molinari Bush's 1988
said talking about abor-
significant pause and then
tion wouldn't serve any
Staten Island to boost
New York campaign chair-
added: "But I'm not here
purpose since, "he's not
Susan Molinari's bid to
man - was elected borough
to talk about the Trumps."
going to change his posi-
succeed her congressman
president.
father.
Not all that funny?
Bush vowed she will
tion, I'm not going to
change mine."
Well, maybe you had to
have "a friend in the
"So here I am in New York
be there the crowd at
White House' and ticked
Her father. whols also a
where one of the great
the Shalimar catering hall
off a host of items they
right-to-lifer, says he has
no intention of changing
Bush dials Gorby for 40-minute chat
his view, but believes his
daughter's pro-choice
position is an asset at the
polls
WASHINGTON - President Bush said he called
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday and had a
Also on the ballot will be
"very good" discussion that lasted 40 minutes.
Right to Life Party candi-
The lengthy call to Gorbachev came in the wake of
date Barbara Bolleart and
Bush administration suggestions. that the Soviets
Liberal nominee Carl Grillo
played a key role in encouraging Nicaragua's Sandin-
Republicans who lost
ista government to hold fair elections.
three key races to pro-
"We touched on matters relating to Nicaragua and
choice Democrats last
Central America and also on matters relating to the
fall, including the New
changes in Europe," Bush told reporters on Air Force
York mayoral race are
One en route to a Staten Island campaign stop for GOP
now seeking to downplay
congressional hopeful Susan Molinari.
the abortion issue.
The call was unusual enough to be reported from
Moscow by the Soviet's Tass news agency, which said
The president's brief
the two leaders "had a telephone conversation today
stop en route to California
within the framework of regular opinion exchange."
was the first presidential
Bush refused to go into detail about his talk with Gor-
visit to Staten Island since
bachev - other than to characterize their chat as "very
GORBACHEV
Lyndon Johnson came/by
constructive."
Eli Teiber
America calling.
on Oct. 12, 1966.
PAGE A6 / THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990
The Washin
INSIDE THE
BELTWAY
His own thing
Moving right along
Mr. Devine proposes that the
"CIA Good-Buddy of the Year"
Reed Irvine will be doing his
President Bush was in New York
award be bestowed on Ben Bradlee
own thing while a lot of other con-
yesterday addressing a fund-raiser
and Co. for their partisan efforts.
servative leaders gather for the
for Susan Molinari, a Republican
After which, no doubt, raucous guf-
Conservative Political Action Con-
candidate for the House opposed by
faws will haunt the 15th Street San-
ference today through Saturday.
Democrat Bob Gigante. "So here I
dalista battalion into the next cen-
Mr. Irvine, one of the sparkplugs
am in the middle of the battle right
tury.
behind the somewhat similar Con-
here in New York where one of the
servative Leadership Conference,
great contests of 1990 will take
'October' truth
will be leading an expedition to El
place. A lot at stake. There's been a
At least somebody besides
Salvador "to see for themselves
lot of money spent on both sides, a
Donny and the Trumpettes is get-
how the left has blackened the im-
lot of press attention," he assured
ting a little publicity. Tom Clancy
age of that country, Mr. Irvine
Molinari supporters.
was asked about the Soviet admis-
said.
Then Mr. Bush added: "But I'm
sion of a mutiny aboard an anti-
Asked if he was boycotting the
not here to talk about the Trumps."
submarine destroyer off Sweden in
CPAC function, Mr. Irvine said he
Of course
1975 that inspired his "The Hunt
was told last year by CPAC orga-
for Red October." He told ABC's
nizer David Keene to "butt out" be-
Even a bunch of seasoned cynics
"Good Morning America": "The
cause of his criticism of the way
like the Beltway Irregulars didn't
last 14 months have given us a lot
the event was structured.
see the real story until Don Devine
of surprises and this is one of
Mr. Keene discounted Mr. Ir-
broke it to us. "All those polls show-
them."
vine's version of what happened
ing Ortega had the election sewed
Mr. Clancy said an Izvestia re-
during a confrontation at the last
up, they were part of a CIA plot to
porter got in touch with him and
CPAC and insisted, "Reed is wel-
make him complacent," Mr. Devine
said the release of the movie based
come at CPAC any time."
explained. "If Ortega had felt un-
on his book was giving the Soviet
Another of the CLC kingpins,
easy about it he might have called
government an excuse to admit
the whole thing off."
Morton Blackwell, was also ru-
that the incident actually took
Mr. Devine also illuminated us as
mored to be boycotting the CPAC
place.
to the crucial role in the plot played
event. "Burn that source," Mr.
Blackwell commented. "I'll be
by The Washington Post. "Without
Get a horse
the secure assistance of the Post,
there."
Ortega could not have been misled,"
President Bush has proclaimed
CPAC sources said the third
Mr. Devine assured us. "CIA ef-
today through March 7 as National
member of the CLC triumvirate,
forts alone could not have resulted
Quarter Horse Week. "This horse is
Paul Weyrich, had not indicated an
in such great success. It took the
uniquely ours, having been devel-
intention to attend their event this
cooperation of the Post to pull it
oped in colonial America and bred
year.
off."
for speed," said Mr. Bush in his
proclamation. "No other horse is a
greater part of Western folklore,
and none has contributed more to
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IN
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our nation's development and
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Should anyone ask why the fuss,
FROM YOUR U.S. SENATOR
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the fact is there are 2.8 million of
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IF YOUR U.S. SENATOR
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Charles Cheating
Mad poet
The Bard of the Beltway strikes
again. This soulful ballad is titled
Funny money recall
'Combat Romance."
"They say her name was Patsy,
Federal agents have confiscated Ed Buck's phony $10 bills. The funny
But us GI's just called her
money shows Sen. Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Democrat, on one side and
'Sarge;'
Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, on the other. Among slogans on the
We met out on the front one day,
bill: "Use this note to buy influence in Arizona."
Just before they ordered
The problem with the gimmick is that the bills are the same size and
'Charge'
use some components of an actual $10 bill.
We went up the hill together,
Mr. Buck, who previously orchestrated the recall of former Gov.
Got pinned down behind a tree;
Evan Mecham, said future printings of the DeConcini/McCain bill would
'Midst the mortars and the bul-
be "in total compliance with the law." He is head of "Beyond Recall," a
lets,
large group of Republicans, Democrats, gun owners and various populists.
We got close, ol' Sarge and me.
Some are worked up about the two senators' roles in the Lincoln Savings
So here's to combat romance,
and Loan scandal, while others don't like Mr. DeConcini's position on gun
And battlefield camaraderie:
control. They are preparing a recall drive against Mr. DeConcini and Mr.
Dress them patsies up in khaki,
McCain.
And, hey, bring on World War
"Both senators are in serious trouble," noted the Family, Law & De-
III."
mocracy Report of the Free Congress Foundation.
John Elvin
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cluding
the
possibility
of
court-ap-
Kill
van
Kull
disrupts
shipping
at
Ports
Repaying a Debt, President
Raises Funds for Ms. Molinari
Repaying a political debt, President
Bush tries to
Bush yesterday helped City Council-
woman Susan Molinari of Staten Island
raise at least $100,000 for her campaign
keep the Staten
for the special election to succeed her
father, Borough President Guy V. Moli-
Island seat in the
nari, in the House of Representatives.
Politicians said Mr. Bush's hour-and-
G.O.P. column.
a-half appearance at a $200-a-plate re-
ception and luncheon was was one of
the biggest political events on the is-
land in recent years.
have "a friend in the White House." He
'Mr. Molinari, who held the seat from
said her political heritage extended not
the 14th District until becoming Bor-
ough President on Jan. 1, was chair-
only to her father, but also to her
man of the Bush campaign in New
grandfather, S. Robert Molinari, who
was an assemblyman in 1943 and 1944.
York in 1988. His daugher's Demo-
"Like Staten Island," Mr. Bush said,
cratic opponent in the election, on
"she has a brilliant future and a proud
March 20, is Robert L. Gigante, a law-
heritage."
yer.
'Mr. Bush talked more about the fa-
Discussing the drug problem, a
ther than the daughter to 700 people at
major campaign issue, Mr. Bush said:
the Shalimar catering hall, a stopoff on
"Only a few miles from here, Everett
Hatcher - remember the name Ever-
the way west for additional campaign-
ett Hatcher - a veteran D.E.A. agent,
ing in California.
"Guy Molinari was at my side long
was brutally murdered by cocaine cow-
ago when the-going was tough and the
ards. In the days after his death, his
pollsters had it figured out just about
wife put the blame for his killing
the way they had Nicaragua figured,"
squarely on the shoulders of so-called
Mr. Bush said.
casual drug users.
The New York Times/Keith Mey
"We have to win the war on C. ugs for
The President praised the bipartisan
Everett Hatcher,and all those who
President Bush went to a fund-raising luncheon yesterday for Ci
leadership of Ms. Molinari, the lone Re-
publican on the Council, and promised
have given their lives to free America
Councilwoman Susan Molinari of Staten Island, who is campaigning
that the 31-year-old candidate would
of drug abuse."
succeed her father, Borough President Guy V. Molinari, in Congress.
New York Plans to Begin Double-Bunking Inmates in State Priso
utive director of the Correctional As-
Met Miller. "It will dramatically in-
"It reflects the basic futility of
Continued From Page Al
sociation of New York, a nonprofit
crease the amount of fights, the
state's policy," Mr. Gangi said.
group. "It greatly increases the risk of
amount of sex abuse, the amount of
Mr. Gangi also questioned whe
under construction are completed.
theft and tension."
the Commissioner, Mr. Coughlin,
a possible eruption at a prison."
That is expected to be sometime this
Grievance Filed
timed the announcement to rally
The state signed a court consent or-
summer. At the same time, the number
port for prison expansion at a t
der in 1982 agreeing not to house more
Charles R. Booth, a spokesman for
when the state, facing heavy bue
of inmates is expected to rise signifi-
than one inmate in a cell in its maxi-
the corrections officers union, said the
problems, is looking for ways to
cantly, which would mean that the
mum-security prisons.
union would fight the plan. "We're
spending.
bunks would still be needed once the
The state's Commissioner of Correc-
going to do everything we can to stop it
In the budget he presented in J:
new prisons are completed.
tional Services for more than a decade,
from happening,' he said.
ary, Governor Cuomo proposed ad-
Inmates at minimum-security
The union, Council 82 of the Security
Thomas A. Coughlin 3d, has long been
5,300 new beds to the state prison
prisons, who often participate in work-
and Law Enforcement Employees, has
an opponent of doubling up prisoners to
tem in annexes attached to exis
release programs and return to prison
already filed a grievance accusing the
expand prison capacity. But today,
prisons. The cost of the proposed
state of violating its contract, and is
only at night, are already housed with
pansion would be almost $300 mil
trying to minimize the danger of dou-
considering legal action, Mr. Booth
bunk beds. But this would be the first
It is now a topic of budget negotiat
ble-bunking, correction officials
said.
between the Governor and the S
time that medium-security prisoners
pointed out that most major prison sys-
For those groups like the Correc-
Legislature.
would be housed that way, state offi-
tems, including the Federal system, al-
tional Association that have been
cials said today.
ready double up.
pressing the Governor to reconsider
'A Major Departure'
But other officials were not sanguine
his support for constant prison expan-
about the plan.
sion, today's announcement provided
What's Sunday without The Tin
"It represents a major departure in
"It's pretty bad," said James A.
another argument in favor of alterna-
state policy," said Robert Gangi, exec-
Yates, counsel to Assembly Speaker
tives to incarceration.
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Personalities
By Chuck Conconi
advantage. Yesterday, the Dole-Thurmond
Washington Post Staff Writer
puppies made their first appearance on
Capitol Hill with the proud parents and
Rose Narva, Washington's best-known
hotelier, is trying to buy the Gene Autry
owners in close camera range. The eight
Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif., where such
5-week-old schnauzer puppies, offspring of
Leader Dole and Chelsea Marie Thur-
desert-loving gentry as Bob Hope, Walter
Annenberg and Frank Sinatra have sprawl-
mond, were introduced to the roomful of
ing homes. According to a Palm Springs
press by their owners Senate Minority
business newsletter, Desert View, Narva
Leader Bob Dole and Labor Secretary Eliz-
has a bid in that is contingent on getting the
abeth Dole and Sen. Strom Thurmond and
proper backers. Narva, who has renovated
his wife, Nancy. Five of the balls of fur are
and run some of 16th Street's most impres-
already spoken for: Two will go to Elizabeth
sive properties-the Hay-Adams, the Sher-
Dole's relatives in Raleigh, N.C., two will be
aton-Carlton and the Jefferson-lost out in
auctioned off at charity events and one will
an attempt last year to buy the Jefferson,
go to Sen. David Durenberger and his wife,
which had been owned by the late Edward
Penny, as a replacement for their schnauzer
Bennett Williams.
who died two weeks ago. As for that other
The 188-room Gene Autry Hotel has
well-known Republican mutt, Bob Dole said
been owned by the former cowboy singing
Millie had been invited to the press confer-
star for some 25 years and according to a
ence but "she was tied up in meetings." And
source here is a tarnished property desper-
that's the way it was yesterday on Capitol
ately in need of a major upgrading, some-
Hill
thing Narva is noted for doing. She wants to
Elizabeth Taylor, in her continuing dedica-
turn the Autry into a luxury hotel. Now it is
tion to raising money for AIDS research, will
considered to be too small to be profitable,
BY WASHINGTON
Sen. Strom Thurmond and Labor Secretary
visit Sens. Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch on
especially in a seasonal market where a
Tuesday in their Capitol Hill offices. Taylor,
large, dramatic new Ritz-Carlton Hotel has
Elizabeth Dole with the pups yesterday.
national chairman of the American Founda-
opened. There are some three acres of land
tures Corp. in which the writer said Mur-
tion for AIDS Research, will testify later in
suitable for expansion on the Autry site. As
phy's hit film "Coming to America" was
the day before the Human Resources Task
a close source said yesterday, Narva has
based on a treatment that he wrote. In
Force headed by Rep. Barbara Boxer on
signed the purchase agreement and is now
January, a judge ruled Paramount would
behalf of more federal funding for AIDS
"sweating out" getting her financial backers
have to pay Buchwald for the idea. The
care
signed in less than 30 days.
amount of money has yet to be determined,
Even President Bush couldn't contain him-
Out and About
but Buchwald's win was seen as an impor-
self. He had to say something about Trump:
tant victory against the rich, powerful stu-
The Divorce. In New York City speaking at a
It looks like superstar Eddie Murphy is
dios with enough money to out spend and
fund-raiser for Republican congressional can-
having more problems. Michael Greene, a
wear down writers in lawsuits. In the new-
didate Susan Molinari, Bush said he had
New York screenwriter, has charged that
est suit, in which Paramount is also named,
come to help campaign against Democrat Bob
Murphy's poorly received film "Harlem
Greene charges he found some 100 similari-
Gigante. "So here I am in the middle of the
Nights" contains material from a screenplay
ties between his script and the finished
battle right here in New York where one of
he wrote for Murphy called "A Halloween to
Murphy film. A Paramount spokesman has
the great contests of 1990 will take place. A
Remember." He is seeking $35 million for
denied the charge
lot at stake. There's been a lot of money
copyright infringement. There was a similar
Roosevelt, Johnson and Nixon under-
spent on both sides, a lot of press attention."
case brought last year by syndicated colum-
stood the Power of the Pooch. Bush and
Then he added: "But I'm not here to talk
nist Art Buchwald against Paramount Pic-
other Republicans are using it to great
about the Trumps"
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