2009 Calls For Longer Hair, Rattier Soles . . .

. . . and a hopelessly out of date iPod:

Gov. Paterson doesn’t understand all the fuss about the $4 billion in new taxes and fees he has proposed to help close a $15.4 billion budget gap.

“We found a lot of little taxes that are optional,” Paterson said on WOR radio. “In other words, people can stay away from these items and don’t have to pay the tax.”