We were originally inclined to feel some sympathy when New York Gov. Deval Patrick … err, David Patterson got dissed by SNL.
It’s probably not cool to make fun of blind people, but then again we didn’t know at the time that it applied both literally and figuratively …
Anyway, part of Patterson’s $4 billion tax/ fee hike on New Yorkers is apparently an “iPod tax.” Yeah … you heard that right.
In fact, it’s not just iPods, Patterson would implement a 4% charge on “any digitally delivered entertainment services.”
It’s all part of Patterson’s $121 billion “bare bones” budget … which also includes new taxes on movie tickets, massages, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars, massages, cable and satellite TV. Additionally, dozens of other tax exemptions, including one on clothing items valued at under $110, would be eliminated.
This is precisely the sort of crap we can expect from other states in the days ahead … in addition to billions of dollars in Yo-bama bailout money, of course.
State governments have been spending far beyond their means for years … and now that their excess (and forced PC lending) have landed us in a bona-fide financial nightmare, they want to take it out of our asses going and coming.
Which is precisely why our state should do something drastically different, in our estimation.
