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Thomas Jefferson

THOMAS JEFFERSON "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and

public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers

load us with perpetual debt. If we can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the

people under the pretense of caring for them, we will be happy.

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EJ McMahon
 Ten Legislative Ideas To Reduce School Taxes
Assemblyman Murray's Education Reform Plan
Wage freeze for public sector      
Senate Bill increases property taxes by 4 to 10%  
NYS Schools Over Tax Homeowners by $880 Million
Andrea Vecchio’s Speech to the Governor     

Jumbo pensions' spark state funding debate

Annual LI retired Teacher & Administrator TRS pensions

Annual LI Retired NYS employee pensions

Kerby's Korner (research, news clips & wow ) 

Graham Kerby
Kerby’s korner NYS Education Statistics simplified 
Anita's Clips interesting School news articles
Laura Pandelakis Understanding the Property Tax crisis
Tax Savvy’s truth about US educational  results
 The clock is running out for Long Island   
Municipal spending, member Items, Salaries

Benjamin Franklin The new republic could survive only if the people were virtuous in the sense of attention to civic duty and rejected corruption. 

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 Long Island Index Report... Failure in Education
  Report Sees a Failure in Educating All Students

2010-11 Budgets - Salaries - Report Cards 

                      2010-11 Budget       Est Tax Levy         Fund Balance & Reserves 
LId Budgets     $10,676,098,621       $7,467,423,122        $1,437,227,528 ( over taxation)  
 Farmingville & Island Park districts not reported     
   NYS Mandates everything and only  pays  $3.2 Billion.  LI Homeowners pay $7.4 Billion     
  $23,252 Average Cost  Per Long Island  Pupil     (we have 459,135  LI  Students)         .
 $1.4  Billion of Taxpayer overcharges are sitting in School District Banks
       
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 Boards can present fraudulent contingency budgets.          
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between  an open check book and  a spending cap

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NYSED

Long Island per-pupil spending averaged $21,378 in 2007, and $25,029 in 2008
New York led the nation in K-12  spending in 2006-07 ($15,981 per pupil)
The State’s per pupil spending was 65% above the national average($9,666) 
The Property Tax share was 48.4 % the national average share was 44%
New York per pupil salaries was $11,042, 88% above the National average
The State’s per-pupil spending salaries exceeded the spending of 37 states

  Why people are leaving Iong Island

Goodbye LI

Click for LIFER on how to save Long Island

The source of repressive Long Island taxation lies in the restrictive legislation passed in Albany at the behest of special interest groups to the detriment of the taxpayer. Shifting the source of revenue from property taxes to income taxes does nothing to stop the spending.

According To The Rauch Foundation click for  survey. 56% of Long Islanders said it was somewhat or very likely they could leave Long Island in the next five years. 85% state property tax increases are a serious problem and 67% believe Teacher-Administrator Salary and Benefits are the reasons behind school tax increases.

  Campaign for Fiscal Equity

The Campaign for Fiscal Equity  is it a judicial give-a-way to  the property barons

 of NYC so they can maximize rental profits and property values? Or is it  the end of  School

Property Tax?  The ruling says the state (not the local taxpayer) is constitutionally 

responsible for providing a K-12 education. Click for the lawsuit,   Zarb report and  opinions

 Holding School Districts Accountable 

Click for MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG's “The fact is our education system looks a lot like the US auto industry in the 1970s- stuck in a flabby inefficient,

outdated production model driven by the needs of employees"

Click for  MAYOR BLOOMBERG's  Union OK merit pay for teachers

Holding School Districts Accountable 

by Joseph Sawicki, & Tom Spota

Suffolk Grand Jury Report critical of School Districts 

Suffolk Grand Jury recommendations 

   

 

Summary Audits Related to School Legislation 

School District Financial Accountability Report 

Center Moriches used deception to pass a 40% tax increase