Surpluses, tax hikes don’t go together
From Jeff Hartline at Tennessee Spotlight: “If Tennessee has had massive surpluses the past two years, then where is that money being housed and what is being done with it?” Great question.
And the Times Free Press Thursday report states: “Haslam seeking ‘comfort level’ on gas taxes.” So what happened to the “surplus” in state funds? We don’t have enough money to maintain the roads? We have to raise taxes?
There are some basic elements which our government is called to address – one of them is road maintenance. Are we unable to plan for road maintenance?
Somebody help me understand how “surplus” and raising taxes go hand in hand.