NY taxes going sky high, did Ant's head explode?

[SP1!]

You can guarantee this is the first two hours of the show monday. (http://www.nypost.com/seven/03292009/news/regionalnews/gov_clinches_deal_on_huge_tax_hikes_161880.htm)

I wonder if this is a direct result in all the wall street types not getting bonuses this year.

[brettmojo]

The effort to raise taxes gained steam in recent weeks as the budget deficit swelled from the $13 billion to $14 billion and finally to $16.2 billion last Tuesday. Republican lawmakers charged that the increasing deficit numbers were a "set up" for the tax-hike plan.

Well duh.