Sweet – they can tax things you download now.  What’s next?  Hefty fees on the internet?  We think you can call this the Democrat nickel and dime strategy.  Nobody notices a bunch of little taxes.  Instead of raising taxes, how about finding a way to cut spending – you know figure out the difference between what you want versus what you need.  From the NY Daily News:

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.

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