BLEAH

Because we live to support the income redistributing welfare state:

Matthew Maguire, a spokesman for the Business Council of New York state,
said the money earned by the state's wealthiest residents is "something that
everybody who cares about New York should be pleased about."
"New York's
wealthy pay huge sums in taxes and those wealthy people and their taxes make
it
possible for New York to provide the nation's most generous social
service
programs to less fortunate New Yorkers," he said.