Jackson Jambalaya

They are fixin' to run for higher office by pandering to the useful idiots.

There were always just a few legislators who had any grasp of higher mathematics or finance and fewer still who understood economics.
But, we did elect enough who respected education and experience who didn't think their "guts" and "feelings" were infallible.

Using Crawford's logic any consideration of Medicaid expansion should be shelved until 2027 so that the full effects of the existing tax cuts can be measured and evaluated. Because such expansion WILL require incremental spending of monies, per Crawford, that we apparently do not have.

Miller and Collins are both conflicted on the subject of tax cuts as their full-throated boosterism of Medicaid expansion is already well established.

Leave the income tax alone. Cut grocery by 50%. Wait for the other tax bumbles to play out. FFS.

Cutting grocery tax in half only means that city dwellers who own real property will get to eat the municipal sales tax revenue shortfall through a municipal mileage increase.

Good post.

The cost to run the states operations increases every year. The only way to fund those operations is through the collection of taxes. Either revenue increases at the same rate of expenses or cut expenses to match revenue. The elimination of income taxes was always a political ploy by those currently in power to further their own political careers.Then when the inevitable crisis came they would be long gone.We need to start electing people who will tell us the truth even if we may not like it. Sadly that will never happen.

11:36 - That works two ways. People have to be ready to accept the truths they're given and these days, no one has the balls to hear it.

According to the mythical workforce participation rate stats (again, mythical), this state has attracted a lot of retirees and is long time home to many more.

They have no income to report in most cases and we advertise nationwide the fact that we don't have a state tax on any sort of retirement income, in an effort to attract more of them.

Cut or eliminate the grocery tax which affects everybody but those who use EBT cards and the latter don't worry about grocery taxes, income taxes or property taxes.

If the federal government would pay (to municipalities directly) taxes on EBT purchases that would solve the other problem and rescue the small towns.

State income tax on a $40k salary would be somewhere around $1500. That extra $125 per month in a taxpayer’s pocket is not worth bankrupting a state over. The ones in this state that need $ in their pockets each month don’t even pay taxes anyway.

Bill has never met a tax reduction he supports

One thing for sure: A majority of taxpayers earning between $20k and $60k would vote for the state filing bankruptcy in exchange for a one time payment of $1,500.

They won't have a clue what the bankruptcy filing would do to thier lives, but would vote for it anyway.

There's a reason Mississippi is where it is.

8:37 nailed it.

There is no income tax. It’s instead a tax on working. Income tax, work tax, whatever you need to call it, it’s morally wrong and simply genteel robbery at eventual gunpoint by our betters in government.

Why are these simpletons talking about 'state bankruptcy'. Since when is this even a remote possibility under any circumstances?

We have to attract human and capital investment to Mississippi. Growth is key.

The large demographic that's mired in single parent households, places no value on the traditional family, views educational venues as daycare facilities, places little value on work and relishes the thought of receiving more stuff for less contribution - That's the dynamic that will forever stop this state from realizing its potential.

That dynamic and the roadblock it presents is a brightly lit sign to any company or family taking a look at Mississippi.

As long as Democrat Delbert Hosemann is in the mix, Mississippi will never take bold steps forward.

If we reach the point of no income tax, we still will not grow to the extent some leaders believe we will. I would rather keep the income tax yet lower the grocery tax but frankly our state needs the revenue from all of them.

What we don't need is so many layers of government at the city, county and state levels with people drawing salaires and not doing much beyond the work of a part time person in some of those roles.

Hey there Shotgun. Be specific.