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Tax cuts, of course, remain an ever popular political tool—normally very valuable in an election year scenario—but CranweU and Andrews may have powerful allies in governing bodies of state cities, towns and counties who are already protesting that if some of Allen’s tax reductions are passed, particularly elimination of the gross receipts tax on businesses, local taxes such as real estate taxes may have to be raised to compensate for the lost revenue.
Picture the dilemma therefore of Harry Homecomer who is thinking that it would be nice to get a state tax reduction, but not so nice to have his already skyrocketing real estate taxes go up again. Harry might just stop and think that he could be better off paying the same amount of state taxes and not having, to pay more for the roof over his family’s head.
Governor Allen is doing the kind of philosophical things he said he would do while running for office, chopping through the forest of government to reduce its size and scope, and trying to return savings to the people. Yet the forest may be a bit more deep and dark than he imagined, and he is not going to get through it without a bitter fight over these next six to seven weeks.
(Editor’s Note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Rep. Herbert Bateman. Opinions expressed are his own.) '
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