ALBANY- 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 proposal, which needs legislative approval, did not include broad-based income tax increases, but relied on smaller ones to raise $4.1 billion from cash-strapped New Yorkers. Movie tickets, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages would be taxed under Paterson's proposal. It also extends sales taxes to cable and satellite TV services and removes the tax exemption for clothes costing less than $110.

Why don't we make a new law in this country. "You can't raise taxes or create new ones unless you are actually elected by the people and not appointed to a deputy position by a hooker loving dirt bag who then must resign due to that making you the guy in charge." We can call it the "Client 9" bill. This guy has to be kidding. He's going to tax us for something that should be free? Look, I love Eminem and all, but free trade is free trade. And it's legal in this country to trade anything including music. So that court ruling was a complete sham as it is. So we go with it an suck it up. We pay under a buck for a song and now this guy wants to tax us more? I can't wait for you to get bounced out of office. In a recession you are going to raise taxes on essentials like booz and TV services? You're an idiot. He knows it will fly though, because there is nothing New Yorkers like more then having a glass or box of wine and watching Simon belittle some poor girl on American Idol. At the end of the day, I hold to my first statement. You should be elected before you're allowed to make drastic tax increases and policies. 

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