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i can't hear 'easy to do business' and not also hear 'i wish i could just sell poison apples to people without all this government getting in my way'.

regulation is what makes a market trustworthy. a trustworthy market is an efficient market.




Tax code reform (simplification) is completely orthogonal to public safety.


Best not to simplify NY tax code too much, lest ye remove this little ditty:

> The Excelsior Jobs Tax Credit: A credit of 6.85 percent of wages per new job.

It's 7.5 percent for 'green' companies.




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