The Club for Growth, a lobby for economic conservatives, assails him for hiking sales and petrol taxes in Arkansas, and for his attacks on industries he accused of "price-gouging".
Products such as an ultrasound device to guide catheters precisely into chemo patients have hiked sales 7% in 2005 and 9% in the first quarter.
By far the largest is California's Proposition 30, which would generate billions of dollars a year by hiking sales and income tax rates.
A year later, he hiked sales taxes by a full percentage point and earned himself the unyielding ire of the county's voters.
One factor that's helped boost sales was the 5% price hike Bloomberg instituted in July; sales typically spike before a price increase.
One factor that helped boost sales was the 5% price hike Bloomberg instituted in July; sales typically spike before a price increase.
The catch: to get all that, residents must vote in a referendum to accept a hike in sales tax, from 7% to 7.5%.
From Madrid, our correspondent Giles Tremlett reports: Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has just announced a three point hike in sales tax, from 18% to 21%.
Mr Noda's government is currently grappling with the territorial dispute with China and also trying to win public support for a hike in sales tax aimed at reducing public debt.
Many in Syriza, including former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, voted against last week's austerity measures, which included a big hike to sales taxes that took effect on Monday.
