Today's ADG reports that, not surprisingly, affluent voters are the ones who favored a boost in the sales tax for Little Rock on Tuesday. (No free link yet.) The tax got lots of yes votes in the Heights and Hillcrest areas, while voters south of I-630 and in midtown opposed it. If you've been south of 630 you know how poor it is. In short the people with the highest levels of income voted in favor of the tax, and poorer people voted no. So the rich successfully dumped a sales tax on those who can't afford it.
I think it's interesting that at the national level increases in debt and spending are not popular right now, and it's Obama and the Dems who is pushing for higher taxes for his jobs plan. It probably won't pass.
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