About Carl Paladino

Buffalo native Carl Paladino is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and Syracuse University College of Law. After serving as an officer in the US Army, Carl practiced law in New York courts for fifteen years.

Across 40 years in private business, Carl has built a real estate development company which, in some of the most difficult economic periods of our life time, has been the only private company building in Buffalo. Today, he directly employs hundreds of workers and provides work to thousands across New York State. His company controls a half billion in assets and, with a personal worth of $150 million, Carl has pledged to spend up to $10 million of his own money in his campaign for governor of New York.

Carl Paladino is not a politician. He is known for speaking his mind - especially if folks don't want to hear what he is saying. Carl is seeking the Republican and Conservative Party endorsements in this race, but he is not the candidate of political bosses. He will petition his way into the GOP primary ballot and even create a Tea Party line on the general election ballot if the Conservative Party does not endorse him.


Carl Paladino's Program for NY


TAXES
New Yorkers are taxed more than any other state in America and Albany makes it worse every year. As Governor, Carl Paladino will cut taxes by ten percent in the first six months of his administration. And to keep taxes low long after he’s gone home, Carl will change the law and require a super majority vote of both Houses - 60% - for the State Legislature to raise our taxes.

SPENDING
Spending is far too high in Albany because the ruling class is out of control. A successful businessman, Carl Paladino will cut state spending by 20% in his first year as Governor. He will evaluate every department and agency of state government for efficiency, effectiveness and necessity - and cut programs not directly benefiting the taxpayer.

JOBS
New York lost 247,000 private sector jobs last year but Albany has done nothing about it – except hire more bureaucrats. Carl Paladino knows only cutting spending and taxes creates jobs. He’ll give New York manufacturers a tax holiday to reinvest profits and create good paying jobs. A Paladino administration would be pro-business - keeping companies in New York and attracting new ones.

MEDICAID
Today, non-New Yorkers ride the backs of our taxpayers; they move here and lay down on our welfare rolls immediately. No longer. As Governor Carl Paladino will require a minimum one-year residency in New York before someone is eligible for Medicaid and welfare benefits. And he’ll cut wasteful Medicaid options that make ours the most expensive in the nation – and save New Yorkers $10 billion annually.

REFORM
As Governor, Carl Paladino will turn Albany upside down and reform the Legislature. That means 8-year term limits for state and local elected officials. No more full-time pensions and lifetime health care for our part-time Legislators. No more automatic pay raises; legislators will vote to raise their pay and face the taxpayers. And Carl will require FULL disclosure from ALL Legislators of ALL incomes to end ALL conflicts of interest.


CARL PALADINO FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK

http://paladinoforthepeople.com/about.php

Now his personal life will be on review, his affair on his wife some time ago, blah blah blah, from the family values democraps!

From Carl's website:
~ "I view marriage as a Union of a Man and a Woman. No wiggle words, no "ifs," "ands" or "buts." That's the way I was brought up and, to me, it is just that simple." ~

So for Carl:
*** Marriage is "A Union of a Man & a Woman" (but sometimes you can add ANOTHER WOMAN)...
BUT NO GAYS!!!
(For HYPOCRITE Carl, Marriage is "do as I say, not as I do")

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article41714.ece

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He plans to reduce the state's education budget "significantly," but without cutting

teachers or class sizes. He promises to immediately freeze wages and benefits and cut state

spending by 10 percent, while "closing the borders" to anyone moving to New York to collect

welfare.

HURRAY!!!!

Clever sound bites and "pie in the sky" promises ... not sure he can deliver on these

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Clever sound bites and "pie in the sky" promises ... not sure he can deliver on these

You mean like "hope and change?"  And how well has the economy been turned around?  And how were the troops pulled out of Iraq (we're told the combat troops were pulled out, but you can change the name of the brigade, it's still a combat brigade)?

Quoted from Kevin March

You mean like "hope and change?"  And how well has the economy been turned around?  And how were the troops pulled out of Iraq (we're told the combat troops were pulled out, but you can change the name of the brigade, it's still a combat brigade)?

It's bush's fault....remember???  

The residency requirement for NY welfare recipients has been ruled unconstitutional.
Paladino will get some votes based on what he already knows is illegal.