Comments on: What the debate over the flat tax misses is how Arizona taxpayers were duped in 1992 http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/07/05/what-the-debate-over-the-flat-tax-misses-is-how-arizona-taxpayers-were-duped-in-1992/ because a well-behaved diva rarely makes history Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zelph http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/07/05/what-the-debate-over-the-flat-tax-misses-is-how-arizona-taxpayers-were-duped-in-1992/comment-page-1/#comment-34182 Zelph Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:03:25 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=650#comment-34182 The reverse, of course, is true. Democrats could propose raising taxes on the wealthy and lowering taxes on the poor and middle classes and this would be OK so long as it was "revenue" neutral. So why don't they? Oh, I see. That would be "class warfare", wouldn't it? The reverse, of course, is true. Democrats could propose raising taxes on the wealthy and lowering taxes on the poor and middle classes and this would be OK so long as it was “revenue” neutral. So why don’t they? Oh, I see. That would be “class warfare”, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: Eli_Blake http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/07/05/what-the-debate-over-the-flat-tax-misses-is-how-arizona-taxpayers-were-duped-in-1992/comment-page-1/#comment-34129 Eli_Blake Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=650#comment-34129 It's also worth noting though that the Symington-Brewer (that's right, they passed with the help of then Senate majority-whip Jan Brewer) tax cuts in the mid 1990's are now costing the state $1.5 billion annually in revenue. And thanks to prop 108, the reckless tax cutting that put things on a shoestring budget even in the best of years, can't be reversed. Sort of like we've started driving foward down a road that has become a small trail (a stream bed?) and we now can't turn around so we have no other option than to continue to go forward even though we know darn well that the odds of getting out of here intact are slim to none. Brewer wants a sales tax vote that would raise $1 billion. Well, if she hadn't been so quick to do Fife's dirty work a decade and a half ago, she wouldn't need the extra dough today. It’s also worth noting though that the Symington-Brewer (that’s right, they passed with the help of then Senate majority-whip Jan Brewer) tax cuts in the mid 1990′s are now costing the state $1.5 billion annually in revenue. And thanks to prop 108, the reckless tax cutting that put things on a shoestring budget even in the best of years, can’t be reversed. Sort of like we’ve started driving foward down a road that has become a small trail (a stream bed?) and we now can’t turn around so we have no other option than to continue to go forward even though we know darn well that the odds of getting out of here intact are slim to none.

Brewer wants a sales tax vote that would raise $1 billion. Well, if she hadn’t been so quick to do Fife’s dirty work a decade and a half ago, she wouldn’t need the extra dough today.

]]> By: Jameson Johnson http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/07/05/what-the-debate-over-the-flat-tax-misses-is-how-arizona-taxpayers-were-duped-in-1992/comment-page-1/#comment-34128 Jameson Johnson Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:19:23 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=650#comment-34128 It is nice to know that Arizona voters have been getting shafted for years, and that the current circular fiscal firing squad isn't a new phenomenon. It is nice to know that Arizona voters have been getting shafted for years, and that the current circular fiscal firing squad isn’t a new phenomenon.

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