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by dev-3892 1282 days ago
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.

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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.