Assemblyman Will Barclay has it wrong on Empire Zones

The Empire Zone program is a good program where we the taxpayers, give our money to businesses around the State in the form of tax breaks which encourage the businesses to put on new hires and enhance their bottom line with the hope that the money paid in new salaries will spin off into the hands of everyone in the community.

The problem is that this is not what is happening. They are taking our money and not fulling the pledge they have made to us, the taxpayers. The Post Standard has exposed this scam in a number of great articles.

Assemblyman Will Barclay defends this type of corporate give away. In Oswego County there have been a number of businesses that will be dropped from the program. I ask the Assemblyman did they create new jobs and expand their business? The Post Standard clearly has exposed them as not...yes not creating jobs!!

If this is a governemnt policy that the Assemblymen supports we ask the taxpayers of Oswego County, who's side is he really on?

In our opinion