
Senator Benoit: 1A – A Taxing Proposition
We are pleased to present this exclusive commentary from Republican State Senator John Benoit…
1A – A Taxing Proposition By Senator John Benoit I have long been an outspoken advocate of a real state spending cap that would firmly limit the growth of state spending to the sum of inflation and population growth. I proudly co-authored Assembly Constitutional Amendment 19, a fiscally-responsible measure that would have capped state spending while diverting any extra revenue into reserves and repayment of outstanding debt. Sadly, that measure died during atypical party line vote in the Budget Committee in August 2008. As with several other similar past proposals, the tax-and-spend controlling majority wanted nothing to do with anything that… Read More