Jackson Jambalaya

It is a bad bill for retirees living on Social Security.

Our legislators are a direct reflection of us.... Petty, Childish, Ignorant, Greedy, and last but not least.... Lazy!

If it ain't broke, leave it alone. Fix the potholes! Our road system (municipal, state & federal) is a 3rd world disgrace. Try driving thru any metropolitan area in the US. A nightmare

This is an ALEC measure, poorly thought out and even more poorly promoted, probably because it was brought to the floor only a day after it was introduced, and had no accompanying fiscal impact assessment. This bill would have been a huge tax increase on anyone relying on retirement income, not just social security.

See MS legislature youtube of house today at 28 minutes.

It's still alive.

No doubt our tax system needs a thorough cleaning and scrubbing after being patched together over many years. But this was merely a smoke and mirrors political job cooked up in a smoke filled room by a bunch of politicians without any experts advice or assistance. You know what the politicians always say, "Don't confuse me with the facts, just tell me what I want to hear."

Fantastic! This was a little shell game being played on us.

Here is one of the big reasons the Senate buried this farm killer. To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On The Sale Of Tangible Personal Property; To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Retail Sales Of Farm Tractors And Parts And Labor Used To Maintain Or Repair Such Tractors When Made To Farmers For Agricultural Purposes; To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Retail Sales Of Farm Implements Sold To Farmers And Parts And Labor Used To Maintain Or Repair Such Implements; To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Sales Of Equipment Used In Logging, Pulpwood Operations Or Tree Farming, And Parts And Labor Used To Maintain Or Repair Such Equipment. Now all the farmers hate Gunn. Half the state already hates him over the flag issue and more than half the House members hate him for his dictatorial attitude and always working with AFP, EmpowerMS and Ms Centers for Public Policy.

So Dilbert and Phil G will now shoot even more spitballs at each other during study hall.

Legalize recreational weed, tax it, create jobs,

I'm curious. What did those bastards sneak through while everybody was distracted with Trey's smokescreen bill?

Why would the speaker rush this through? From what I heard the governor found out about this just shortly before the rest of us did.

every member of the house that voted in favor of this bill, without reading it, discussing it, debating it, and studying it, needs to be voted out of office.

5:24
They all knew about early on, but it was their idea. That’s the real problem.

@4:03

The Ms Centers for Public Policy is a CONSERVATIVE think tank.

3:40 - You are correct. It is again on life support because they House added a tax swap bill to a bond bill, the same kind of tactic that the House was condemning the Senate for doing with the weed industry's so called medical bill. Amazing how what's good for the goose is terrible for the gander.

But, it will die again in the Senate, or in conference. Maybe lead to a real tax cut bill soon, but not Empower/AFP's love of life bill.

Interesting to see that Chairman Trey, in his all powerful role, catered to the loggers, and to the farmers, and to the manufacturers - but omitted any consideration for the retirees even after the Speakah said last week that it 'probably needed to be tweaked to take care of the senior citizens and retirees'.

Guess the loggers, manufacturers, and farmers have much better lobbyists down on High Street than the retired folks. Oh, that's right, retirees are just individual citizens - they don't have lobbyists in the MS Capitol. Nobody to do a little wining, dining, and fancy wine drinking like the Empower Board members and financiers

Truth be known, I willing to bet all of this shit can be be traced back to a group of drunk House & Senate dudes fighting over salad crackers at Tico's.

4:03 exposes this nonsense as well as pouring cold water on Gerard's constant claims of the tax swap being the best thing since toilet paper. Speaking of Empower Mississippi being in bed with Gunn...Gibbert is some high and mighty Board something or other at Empower. He constantly brags about his close friendship with Gunn as well as their sons being best hunting buds. Girard has visions of greatness and plans to gain popularity for personal use. He'd better rethink his association with both Gunn and Empower. Gunn is a poison pill and Delbert ain't far behind him. Tate wins this round.

So Gunn is a Democrat? Flag changing, tax raising, left winger. No future for him.

We can call these tax hikes the Biden-Gunn Tax Hikes of 2021.

403, bulls^^t. It's a libertarian think-tank bought and paid by thr dame folks that pay for idiots that shoot out the windows of their office buildings.

#hailempower, #hailafp, #hailtower, #hailrichfolks

Why y’all mad at Gerard?
He ain’t done nuttin to nobody!

Did you see this posted by Fred Shanks?
“ At your State Capitol today the Mississippi House just voted to keep the “Tax Freedom Act” alive. We did this by inserting the original language of HB1439 (which died in the Senate) into a bond Bill. A few changes were made:
NO tax increase on Loggers.
NO tax increase on manufactures.
NO tax increase on Farmers
Immediate income levels were dropped to 40k single/80k married.
Grocery Tax cut remains.
There was never an increase in gas tax, or tax on utilities (this does not affect school district funding or property taxes) as some have misleadingly stated in the media!
Please call your Senator and tell them to vote “Yes” on HB 1439/SB2971. This will be a historic bill that will help a lot of Mississippians.
Supported and vetted by:
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Americans for tax reform
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
National Taxpayers union
The Bigger Pie forum
Empower Mississippi
American Conservative Union
Stephen Moore- Trump’s economist
Arthur Laffer - Reagan’s economist
Also with economic analysis provided by Ole Miss.
I provide these to show that this was not an idea that came last minute as some have erroneously stated in the media/social media.”

Republicans leading one and other out the door. This is where the GQP is headed with the dear leader planning on mounting a primary Challenge against incumbents.

One of the ways they were going to make up for lost income through an income tax was to raise taxes on tobacco and spirits. Sin taxes aren't really intended to raise revenue, and if fewer people used tobacco and alcohol (which is the point of a sin tax) then those taxes can't be counted as part of what would make up for the elimination of the income tax. Might have to tax chewing gum more, or better yet, add a stiff tax on sugar drinks like Co-Cola.

Fred Shanks said, "This will be a historic bill that will help a lot of Mississippians."

Come back next year, Freddie, when you can say, "This will be a historic bill that will help ALL Mississippians."

But, we all know Freddie didn't write that. Empower did. Freddie doesn't have original thoughts.

"or better yet, add a stiff tax on sugar drinks like Co-Cola."

Should have already had a "sin" tax on sugar. Do you know how much diabetes and its friends obesity and heart disease cost this State in medical care for an almost completely preventable disease? JAMA recently published a study showing that insulin resistance precedes obesity and not the other way around as the medical community has long thought. Fix the insulin by eliminating sugar and highly processed foods from the diet, and the obesity/diabetes/heart disease will follow.

We already beg Uncle Sam for a lot of money. If all these taxes are cut, where does the money to operate the state come from? New York, California, Texas, Florida?

And lets be honest-personal income tax isn't keeping down job growth and increasing population migration in Mississippi...

The biggest thing to fear is a politician "we're from the government and we're here to help". Don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining. Something is amiss on this whole thing. It may not be all bad now, but it will allow them to change taxes in the future in different market sectors a whole lot easier. I'm not buying it Shanks(R-Brandon Discount)

@8:56am Don't mess with my Double Quiks!

what about a tax on our famous "sweet tea"?

Reiterating... for pensioners, it’s a screwing with no lube. Just sayin’.