tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post6432798459049634301..comments2023-10-23T14:30:26.234-07:00Comments on Random Musings: Entering the home stretch in Arizona...Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-15979700821130667802010-10-24T22:34:01.589-07:002010-10-24T22:34:01.589-07:00Thane,
The phrasing may be a little too dramatic...Thane, <br /><br />The phrasing may be a little too dramatic for your taste, but after watching these people in action up close at the Capitol, I stand by it.<br /><br />As for the sales tax increase, I reluctantly voted for it, but with full knowledge that the over-reliance on the incredibly regressive and variable sales tax (aka "transaction privilege tax") is one of the main reasons that Arizona is in the budgetary mess that it is.<br /><br />Arizona could minimize or avoid overall tax increases if the ideologues in the legislature would allow a "rebalancing" of the state's revenue sources, taking some of the weight off of people buying food and goods for their homes.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-69241403464439843202010-10-24T17:17:17.415-07:002010-10-24T17:17:17.415-07:00Years to fix the damage... but generations? Isn&#...Years to fix the damage... but generations? Isn't that presuming just a bit? Jan Brewer and the Republicans even made it possible to increase the state sales tax by 17% and as a certain wise man once said.. <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/04/16/obama_on_tea_partiers_you_would_think_theyd_be_saying_thank_you.html" rel="nofollow">You would think they would say thank you.</a>Thane Eichenauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848580360960232789noreply@blogger.com