Will We Ever Learn? More Dem Shenanigans at the Statehouse
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By Emily Geiger
Remember how the Statehouse Dems told us we had nothing to worry about, that they would never allow the new statewide school infrastructure (no longer local option) sales tax to be used for any other purpose than school infrastructure?
Well, the Dems have decided not to keep a similar promise regarding a different one-cent sales tax. In the final hours of the legislative session, the Dems passed an amendment that would allow cities to use this other one-cent sales tax revenue (that is supposed to be used for public infrastructure, such as road improvements) for things such as tax breaks for private developers. Now, remind me, who is the party of corporate welfare again?
And for the icing on the cake, the Dems snuck this through in the middle of the night.
As Dr. Phil says, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. So what makes us think that the Dems won’t pull another fast one sometime down the line and start using the new statewide school infrastructure sales tax to benefit their campaign contributors? And when that happens, thanks to the fact that this tax is no longer “local option,” there won’t be a thing we can do about it… at least not until the cronies who let it happen face election day.
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