National Media Ignorant On Arkansas
Earlier this year a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial bragged on Arkansas and our Governor Asa Hutchinson for tax reforms during the Governor’s terms of office. It is a [...]
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Arkansas Taxes Too High – Map It.
The Governor and the state legislature are busy with taxes. Some taxes have been lowered for some groups, but only in future years. They are also busy raising many taxes. [...]
Clarification Needed From Arkansas Republicans. Please respond.
The Republican Party of Arkansas includes this principle in its platform: “LOWER TAXES TO PRODUCE ECONOMIC GROWTH.” We thought that was an easy principle to understand. [...]
Week 7 Arkansas Legislative Scorecard
Last week’s legislative session saw the gas tax increase proceed to the House floor where a vote is expected as early as Monday. Another proposal to fund highways with a [...]
Its About Pillage and Waste – Not Highways
Governor Asa Hutchinson says he needs additional taxes to fund highways and roads. SB336 is part of his plan and would add an additional 3¢ a gallon to gasoline and 6¢ a [...]
Breaking Promises on Tax Increases – Permanent Sales Tax Increase
A plan to create a new, permanent half-percent sales tax increase to fund highway repairs passed in committee this week. A temporary half-percent sales tax increase was [...]
Governor’s Tax Plan to Thwart Constitution
Governor Asa Hutchinson wants to impose a higher tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. He says a wholesale tax will add about 3¢ per gallon on gasoline and 6¢ on diesel fuel. [...]
Automatic Increases in Motor Fuel Tax Proposed by Governor
Governor Asa Hutchinson wants to increase highway funding by hundreds of millions of dollars. Part of his proposal would add a new wholesale tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. [...]
“Atta Boy” Governor …. er … oops…
Monday was an odd day. It began with Governor Asa Hutchinson getting an “atta boy” from Fox News and from the Wall Street Journal for proposing a reduction in [...]
Using Semantics To Avoid Blame For A Tax Increase
Updated 1/25/2019 CORRECTION: As originally posted we said only 6% of the members of the Arkansas legislature signed a “no tax increase” pledge. The correct [...]
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