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Paladino vows cuts, but observers say he's vague

Originally published: October 5, 2010 10:35 PM
Updated: October 5, 2010 10:37 PM
By MICHAEL AMON  michael.amon@newsday.com

GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino speaks during a

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino speaks during a Crain's Business breakfast forum at the Hyatt Hotel. (Oct. 5, 2010)

Repeal the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax, cut personal income taxes by 10 percent and slice $20 billion from a $52 billion Medicaid budget.

Those were among the policy ideas offered Tuesday by Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, who promised to take an ax to taxes and spending in a speech to business executives in Manhattan sponsored by Crain's New York.

"I...

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