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WERE THE WORST IN THE NATION AND ITS KILLING OUR COMMUNITIES
HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE CAN TURN IT AROUND
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#1WORST INCOME INEQUALITY
IN THE COUNTRY
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198Average income for
groups in New York in
the Mario Cuomo era.
(Inflation-adjusted)
$418,075
50% 50%45% 45%5% 5%1% 1%
$15,746 $13,165
$1,955,494
Average income for
groups in New York in
the Andrew Cuomo era.2 10
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368
%
-16%
In the last 30 years, the
income of the top 1% of
New Yorkers has gone up
368%, while the income
of the bottom 50% hasgone down 16%.
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Our child poverty statistics
are astounding and shameful.
Virtually half of children in
Upstate NYs largest citieslived in poverty in 2011.
60%
50%
40%
ChildPovertyRate(Percent)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey.
30%
20%
10%
0%
BUFFALO ROCHESTER SYRACUSE SCHENECTADY ALBANY
CHILD POVERTY RATE
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We have less and less jobs
with a fair wage.
Source: Fiscal Policy Institutes seasonal adjustment of
CES employment data and QCEW 2012 annual average
wage data from NYS DOL.
NEW YORKS ECONOMY IS ONLYGROWING LOWWAGE JOBS.
- 51,000
HIgh-Wage Industries ($75K)
- 72,000MIddle-Wage Industries ($4575K)
-100,000 -50,000 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000
EmploymentchangefromJuly2008to
July2012
+ 223,000Low-Wage Industries (Below $45K)
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HOW DID WEGET HERE?
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WALL STREET AND THE 1% TOOK US WHERE THEYWANTED TO GO
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Cut taxes for the rich
Cut government budgets
& services
Increase corporatewelfare
Profits go to CEOs, not
to workers
THEIR PLAN:
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State taxes cut 40% for millionaires & billionaires
Over 90,000 public-sector jobs lost $7 billion a year in corporate welfare
Profits, productivity, CEO pay & stock prices: up
Workers paychecks: flat or down
THEY TOOK NEW YORK WHERE THEYWANTED IT TO GO:
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THE INEQUALITY CRISIS IS THE DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME. President Barack Obama, December 4, 2013
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WHICH NEW YORK DOESANDREW CUOMOCARE ABOUT?
WHICH NEW YORK DOESALBANYCARE ABOUT?
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This years Cuomo budget proposal stands with Wall Street
and the 1%, not with Main Street and the rest of us.
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With all of New Yorks glaring problems,
Governor Cuomos biggest budget priority for2014 will be big new tax cuts. Over $2 billion in
tax cuts targeted to the wealthiest New Yorkers.
TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GOVERNORS BUDGET
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As schools struggle to maintain teachers
and programs, counties struggle to maintainessential services, and critical programs for the
poor, hungry and sick are cut -- millionaires,
billionaires and bankers are getting a windfall!
WHICH NEW YORK DOES ANDREW CUOMO REALLY CARE ABOUT?
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A budget is proof of who and what you standfor. In this important election year, it seems
that Governor Cuomo is standing for those who
are able to give the most to his campaign the
wealthiest New Yorkers rather than those of
us who are in need.
THIS BUDGET SAYS A LOT ABOUT ANDREW CUOMOAND ITS NOT GOOD!
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New tax cuts for the rich
New budget cuts for everyone else
CUOMOS BUDGET MAKES INEQUALITY WORSE
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A CRUDE AND NAVE TRUST IN THE GOODNESS
OF THOSE WIELDING ECONOMIC POWER His Holiness Pope Francis on trickle-down economics, November 24, 2013
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A billion dollars a year in new tax giveaways
to millionaires, billionaires & Wall Street
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A property tax freeze that gives wealthier New Yorkers
bigger benefits and hurts our schools & communities
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Huge new tax cuts
for the rich huge
new budget cuts for
everyone else
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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BUDGET.WHICH NEW YORK DOES ANDREW CUOMO REALLY CARE ABOUT?
THE WEALTHY & WELLCONNECTED OR THE REST OF US?
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WE GET THEY GET
CUTS TO SCHOOL AND SERVICES
Over $7 billion in new
austerity cuts
Unequal schools, unaffordablecollege, essential local
services destroyed
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CUTS TO MIDDLE CLASS JOBS &ANTIPOVERTY EFFORTS
Over a billion dollars in cuts to
antipoverty efforts
No way to address childpoverty, hunger, homelessness
& unemployment
Cuts to middle-class jobs, only
low-wage growth
WE GET THEY GET
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STOPSTOP THE CUOMO TAX CUTSFOR THE WEALTHY
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WE CAN
DO BETTERTHAN WORST IN THE NATION
ITS TIME TO TURN IT AROUND
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Fair taxes
Better budgets Higher wages
More jobs
End corporate welfare
Educate all children
Pass UPKNYC
Support the dream
Boost communities of color
Fight poverty hunger
& homelessness
Strengthen democracyOURPLAN
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Grow the economy from the bottom up
Invest in schools, infrastructure, local jobs & clean energy
Fight poverty & homelessness
OUR PLAN
BETTER BUDGETS
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End the Albany that only works for the super-rich and
powerful corporations
Stand for a New York that works for all of us
OUR PLAN
STRENGTHENDEMOCRACY
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Stop the Cuomo tax breaks
for the wealthy
Middle class over millionaires
State Senate (888) 701-7499
State Assembly(888) 701-0493
Text unfair to 877877 for updates & alerts
DEMAND ACTION:
CALL ALBANY NOW
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