Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts
Gov. Paterson’s proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too.
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an “iPod tax” that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.”
“We’re going to have to take some extreme measures,” Paterson said Tuesday after unveiling the slash-and-burn budget.
The divas are warming up. The song may start out being about taxes, but in operatic fashion, it won’t be long before they’re singing about death, too.
Gov. Paterson must be feeling ever so grateful to Eliot Spitzer just about now.
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