Why pass our overdue budget when we can just jack up the taxes on tobacco?

[Vovchandr]

@Upstate

No good news is going to come out of this budget, and with Paterson not running again the leaders are happy to let him be the bad guy and say, “Well if we didn’t vote for it government would have shut down.” Meanwhile they’re all too happy to include this tax rather than cutting services elsewhere. Smoke and mirrors, my friend.

Yep it’s all about getting elected the next term.

How are the problems of now supposed to be solved when all they care about is their own future?