Pataki wants tax checkoff to help pay for 9-11 memorial

[Khephra]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Gov. George Pataki called Wednesday for the state to implement an income-tax checkoff system that will allow New York taxpayers to donate to the World Trade Center memorial being built at ground zero.

The governor, in his 11th annual State of the State message, said Rep. Vito Fossella, a Staten Island Republican, would try to move legislation through Congress to provide for a similar checkoff box on federal tax forms. The state program is subject to approval by the state Legislature.

Pataki also announced the memorial will be illuminated at night "so that visitors will be greeted by a welcoming glow throughout the Memorial Plaza."

The tax checkoff plans are designed to support the work of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. All four former living presidents have agreed to serve as honorary members of the foundation's board.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--pataki-memorial0105jan05,0,2499774.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[LynnTheDem]

1. And how about the Dead US Troops For Bush's Bullshit Memorial?

Any word from Pataki on that?

[Cha]

2. Fuck pataki..if it weren't for bush and his

ilk..they may not have had to have been a 9/11..and surely many lives would have been saved if bush would have been a leader instead of a scared goat..and a photo opportunist.

[Tweed]

8. Yeah, I can't wait for Spitzer to take him down

No more New York with a Republican governor!

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I agree. I'm from New York and there is no love lost for Pataki here

As for Bush*, I feel as you do.:grr:

Kick for Khephra!:kick:

[napi21]

3. I don't understand exactly what he's trying to do.

I'm sure everybody is already allowed to donate to the 911 memorial. Is he trying for something similar to the check-off box on your 1040 that designates a certain amount of $$ to that purpose but doesn't come out of your tax refund? Is he trying to set up a tax deductible fund for the memorial? It seems like an odd way of doing this, don't ya think?

[Historic NY]

4. He wants us to pay for a Baseball Field / Football too.....n/t

[NYC]

10. Do you mean the one on the west side?

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I think so. And this shouldn't be paid for with tax money

And another kick for Khephra! He's even following stories from NY!:kick:

[robbedvoter]

5. meanwhile, Porter Goss is gutting the anti-terra defense:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/politics/05intel.html?oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=
ASHINGTON, Jan. 4 - In the latest changes at the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter J. Goss, the new chief, has named a new deputy director for intelligence and has abolished a daily 5 p.m. meeting that had been used since the Sept. 11 attacks to coordinate counterterrorism operations around the world, intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

[onenote]

6. its just a way to raise money for a specific cause

THe amount given as a check-off adds to the total tax due (or reduces the refund). Its just a "gift" to the particular cause listed. In 2004, the NY State tax return had itemized gift check-offs for a missing and exploited children fund, an olympics fund, a wildlife fund, breast cancer research, prostate cancer research, and alzheimer's research.

http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2004/inc/it201i_2004.pdf

onenote

[grilled onions]

7. How about "Bush Bucks"?

Once again they could forego a party or two and hand over a few bucks for this. It's time they start making the sacrifice that normal people have to do everyday.

[gardenista]

9. kick for Khephra

[jus_the_facts]

11. kick for Khephra

kick for Khephra

[FarLeftRage]

16. For Kheph

:cry:

[Scout]

13. kick

[struggle4progress]

15. How about a tax checkoff to pay for Pataki?

"Please check here if you want your taxes increased by $1 to help pay the Governor's salary."

[leesa]

17. Bet the state would rather have a REAL investigation into who did 9-11