Tax Credit for Volunteer Firefighters

(Syracuse, New York) Democratic State Assembly members Joan Christensen and William Magnarelli have sponsored a bill that gives a 10 percent property tax exemption to volunteer firefighters and ambulance crews. It's passed the Assembly and has been sent to the state Senate.

Woo-hoo! Although I'd like to see tax cuts across the board, I am in favor of tax cuts for anybody, anytime.

It should be mentioned that a percentage cut in taxes would favor the people with more property (i.e. the rich) and, oddly, Democrats are sponsoring the legislation. It's kind of out of character for the Dems to give a larger tax exemption to the rich folks.