Lots of promises were made in Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address on Tuesday, but where’s the money to pay for them?
Newsday editorialized glowingly on Hochul’s address, claiming that if her promises come to fruition, Long Islanders will benefit significantly.
The governor promised universal pre-K and free day care, lower car insurance, more affordable housing, billions for environmental improvements and significant financial investments to overhaul the Jamaica train station.
Not once in the editorial, however, was there any question raised as to how much the total cost would be to fulfill these obligations. Nor was there any mention of the already significant deficit that the state government is facing.
It’s unclear how New York State will become more affordable when we will spend even more money than we are now and create even larger deficits.
Red states are more affordable because they don’t spend what they don’t have. Red states provide better services than New York at a lower cost to taxpayers.
Spewing promises to make things more affordable is easy. Balancing a budget is much harder.
New Yorkers would be a lot better off if we had a more efficient government rather than more promises that wind up costing us more.