The latest development in state budget negotiations seems to be a flirtation with an expansion of the state sales tax by Democrats. Various press reports in recent weeks had indicated that broad-based tax increases were supposedly "off the table." But now Democrats are toying with the idea of eliminating some of the current exemptions from the state sales tax, such as those for candy and gum, and perhaps those for certain services, such as laundry and dry cleaning. Do you favor an expansion of the sales tax, or would you rather see the state cut spending in order to erase the $3.3 billion state revenue shortfall?