In a Times Union editorial, the paper points out all the taxes that the legislature has put in place this year. Taxing us a nickel and a dime at a time while not making the reforms that they say we need to avoid future deficits.

“With New Yorkers just trying to keep track of all the ways the state Legislature is coming up with to get more money from them, citizens might be forgiven for forgetting to thank their lawmakers for not raising taxes.

That’s right, New Yorkers, lost in the confusion is this one bit of clarity: The Legislature isn’t raising income taxes. Yet.

This no new taxes claim, surely coming to a re-election campaign near you this fall, is, of course, utterly bogus, given all the things we’ll be busy paying for. But such is the political nonsense that passes for government in New York. Undoubtedly, lawmakers, all of whose terms expire at the end of this year, are already working on speeches that go something like this:

“We didn’t raise taxes on the poor or middle class.” Not unless you count the $330 million they plan to raise by taxing clothing sales under $110. But if we’re splitting hairs, this can’t really be called a new tax, since it was in place once before, and it’s only coming back on a temporary basis…

“We didn’t raises taxes on businesses.” Businesses will be paying more — $100 million this year and an estimated $1.4 billion over the next three years — under a plan to defer things like the investment tax credit. But it’s not an increase, mind you, just a deferral.

“We helped lower school taxes.” True again, although it will require $600 million of tax money to do it. That’s how much the Legislature wants to put back in the budget for school aid. The extra aid will come with conditions: The neediest districts will be able to use the money for education or property tax relief; average need districts will have to use half the money for tax relief, and low-need districts would have to give all the money to taxpayers.”

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