New Yorkers – I Hope You Aren’t Waiting on that Income Tax Refund

Thanks to decades of liberal policy, the state of New York is broke, so they’re holding the tax refund checks of hundreds of thousands of citizens. I guess Governor Paterson can’t dream up new things to tax fast enough.

WCBSTV: For hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, the check won’t be in the mail — at least not on time. New York State has stopped paying tax refunds and won’t start again until next month.

The tax refund delay is part of a bigger cash crunch.

Message to New Yorkers: don’t start spending your tax refund money because it’s going to be delayed.

Half a billion dollars’ worth of refund checks were put on hold last Friday, and state beancounters won’t start sending you your money until at least April 1.

“I apologize that we had to do this. I hope it serves notice on the public of how serious our financial situation is,” Gov. David Paterson said.

Until they take on the public employee unions not much is going to change here in New York. And if ObamaCare passes things will just get worse.