I have previously posted No on Prop. 126, the false and purposefully misleading Protect Arizona Taxpayers Act and posted Abe Kwok of The Arizona Republic adding his voice in opposition to Prop. 126. Another opinion against Prop. 126.
Howard Fisher reports, Arizona’s Prop. 126 — a ban on taxing services — draws diverse resistance:
To hear the proponents of Proposition 126 tell it, Arizona lawmakers are chomping at the bit to tax medical services, child care and veterinary bills.
Never mind that lawmakers already can do that — and have not.
The initiative sponsors, financed by Arizona Realtors and their national parent organization, want to put a [preemptive] provision in the state constitution. It would forever preclude the Legislature from expanding the current sales-tax base to services that are not already taxed.
And they have built a war chest — $6.1 million as of the last campaign-finance report filed in the middle of August — to get voters to agree. The campaign is operating under the umbrella of Citizens for Fair Tax Policy.
There is no organized opposition.
