31 Quotes by Tom Golisano

I love New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes, and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive.

I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but when this last thing happened, this 50 percent increase in the tax rate, it was just too much.

New York state and federal election laws allow us to make unlimited expenditures on behalf of or in opposition to candidates so long as we do not coordinate those expenditures.

The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their electoral votes to the candidate that got the most votes in the country, not just in the state.

What made me this way was watching my father go through bad employment experiences. When I was 17, and he was 65, I saw him go through the experiences working for a boss that was rude and obnoxious. I swore if I was ever had the capacity to run a company that I would do it in a different way.

If the Bills were ever in danger of leaving the community, I might inquire as to how I could help (keep them in Buffalo). But would I buy the team? I don't know.

I think the town was hungering for something like this. It's been a real kick to watch people rally around this team.

The state has turned us into a generation of gamblers.

Anything that imperils (the Bills') ability to stay here and be fruitful is a big concern. The community's got a big investment in the team mentally and I'd hate to have anything happen to that relationship.