TAX (HIKE) REFORM--Gov. Bob Taft speaks about a tax reform package, to memebers of the press corps, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. The governor proposed a package of some new taxes and the lowering of others, that along with cuts in state programs will help solve the projected $4 billion budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAX (HIKE) REFORM--Tax Commissioner Thomas Zaino gestures as he speaks about a tax reform package, to memebers of the press corps, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. Governor Bob Taft proposed a package of some new taxes and the lowering of others, that along with cuts in state programs will help solve the projected $4 billion budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAX (HIKE) REFORM--Gov. Bob Taft speaks about a tax reform package, to memebers of the press corps, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. The governor proposed a package of some new taxes and the lowering of others, that along with cuts in state programs will help solve the projected $4 billion budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAX (HIKE) REFORM--Gov. Bob Taft is framed by videographers as he speaks about a tax reform package, to memebers of the press corps, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. The governor proposed a package of some new taxes and the lowering of others, that along with cuts in state programs will help solve the projected $4 billion budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)