Besides the flat tax, practically every tax giveaway that’s been defeated in the last five years is stuck into the Republican budget. What’s that? You didn’t want more tax giveaways? You wanted the state to Invest in Education and to pay teacher’s a fair wage? Forget about it. Arizona Republicans pride themselves in syphoning off … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey and Arizona Republicans are promoting a 2.5% flat tax on personal income and have included it in the budget package, currently under negotiation in the Arizona Legislature. They are also proposing that income over $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for couples be taxed at 1%. Usually excess profits are taxed at a … Read more
To reiterate what I posted the other day, the budget “is a deal brokered in secret among just Republicans, and sprung upon the legislature at the last minute without committee hearings or any public input or debate. The goal is to ram it through, jam it through the legislature with just Republican votes to pass … Read more
Back on April 30, I posted about The Certifiably Nuts AZ Senate Sham ‘Fraudit’ Needs To Stop (Updated) (excerpt): Note to the Secretary of State and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors: Now that your election equipment has been compromised by MAGA/QAnon conspiracy nuts, you have to remove this election equipment from any further use and purchase … Read more
Don’t say I didn’t try to warn you. ‘Ax The Flat Tax’ Talk Before This Damn Fool Idea Is Sprung On Us At The Last Minute: For those of you who were not born yesterday, you know that the state budget negotiated between the governor and Republican legislative leaders, and their favored stakeholders like the … Read more