The Poor & Middle Class Suffer From Mayor's Tax Increase Proposal

Mayor Bloomberg has proposed an increase in the sales tax and the firing of 23,000 city workers of which 15,000 would be teachers. These are simple fixes but they will not work as is usually the case with an idea by Mayor Bloomberg.
Raising the sales tax will just put more stress on people who cannot afford rent and food. Once again the Mayor is putting more stress on the back of the poor and middle class with this idea to raise the sales tax.
The reason it won't work is because the city is not collecting sales tax from many companies. Controller William Thompson found sales tax collections had dropped 5.1% in the last quarter of 2008.
The New York Daily News reported on May 17, 2009 that $263 million in unpaid fines by deadbeat contractors and developers exist and the city has not collected them.
Why doesn't the Mayor bother to crack down on big companies and people committing tax fraud throughout the city rather than put the cost of saving the city on the backs of the poor and middle class with a higher sales tax?
Firing 15,000 teachers will once again affect the poor and middle class. The children will suffer with over crowded classes and therefore receive an education that is lacking.
The Mayor needs to crack down on tax cheats who are not paying their taxes. That means major companies and deadbeats who ruin other peoples lives must be made to pay their taxes or put in jail.
Some other ways to get the city back on its feet are to crack down quality of life crimes with fines. Rudy Giuliani cracked down with the pooper scooper law when he was Mayor. Presently Mayor Bloomberg has the police ignore this law because if you come to Brooklyn you will have trouble walking anywhere that is clean. Fine people who do not have their dogs on leashes which is another big problem in New York City. Start fining people who use cell phones in their cars and don't care about the dangers.
When Mayor Bloomberg did a ticket blitz in the city he went crazy with nonsensical fines. He had police ticket people for putting a bag on the seat on the train or sitting on a milk crate. That is ridiculous. He needs to collect money for things that are a danger to others.
The Mayor can also raise the taxes of people making over $250,000 a year which is something he refuses to do. He claims it will cause people who are wealthier to leave the city. These people are here because they can make money in New York City and they have access to the best arts and culture in the country. They would not leave. However, taxing the poor and middle class will make those groups leave out of necessity.
Mayor Bloomberg wants 4 more years. However, he doesn't mention that the city got into financial trouble because of his 8 years as Mayor. If he is such a financial wizard then why is the city in such financial trouble?
It is time for new and creative leadership from a new and creative Mayor.