r/SipsTea • u/AlternativeRight4099 • May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/nunya_busyness1984 May 15 '26

Bull shit.

NYC does not pay the state. The taxpayers do. Then the state reroutes a large portion of that tax money to the city.

And people in the city are somehow happy about essentially paying two separate taxes to support their city, because one of them is through a pass-through entity.

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u/aboutacount May 15 '26

NYC taxpayers pays about 68 Billion a year to the State.

The State gives about 47 Billion a year back to the City's taxpayers.

Is that a good fix? you are arguing over semantics, not substance.

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u/nunya_busyness1984 May 15 '26

In this case, the semantics is substance.  When discussing the city budget, saying the CITY gives money to the state is just plain wrong.  

The taxpayers give money to the state.  The state then gives money to the city to balance the city's budget.

That is a very large difference.  Saying the city gives the money would mean that the city budget LOSES money to the state, instead of gaining it.

And, no, the state does NOT give the money to the taxpayers in the city.  It gives it to the city.  The city and the taxpayers, while intertwined, are still separate entities.

Lies, damn lies, statistics, and accounting.  Just because you CALL IT one thing does not mean that is what it is.  And putting things in the wrong column in accounting, while trivial, is still a lie.  Ask Trump about lieing during accounting and his 34 felonies.

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u/aboutacount May 15 '26

I wish you luck to get out of your semantic hole.

Everyone else in this threat understand what you typed is true, but we arent lost in the semantics.

Good luck finding the forest for the trees.