New Taxes for New York

Politics

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:36PM EDT / Published Dec. 17, 2008 5:20AM EST

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New York Gov. David Paterson has proposed what the New York Post calls “the biggest tax hike in state history.” Among the items that will carry new or increased taxes: music downloads, taxi rides, movies, beer, “nondiet” soft drinks, sports tickets, haircuts, and manicures. Paterson said, We are going to have to change our culture as we know it." One Republican lawmaker told the paper, “The pain in this budget seems to be strictly for the middle class.”

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New Taxes for New York

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