Saturday, May 02, 2009

May 2, 2009 Tennessee Legislature: How To Pass a Tax Increase Without Voting

Watch out for higher gas taxes in Tennessee and nobody is responsible!

A subcommittee in the Tennessee House of Representatives has quietly approved legislation providing for "automatic" increases in Tennessee's gasoline tax based on the consumer price index.

Tom Humphrey has the full story here.

Here's another idea for those Tennessee state senators and representatives who want to put tax increases on auto pilot so that there is no accountability for ever-increasing taxes.

How about legislation providing for an "automatic" reduction in legislative pay for each "automatic" increase in taxes?

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