This week, the Utah Legislature is to meet in a special session to debate an overhaul of our state’s tax structure. Touted as a large tax cut, a closer inspection of the proposed legislation reveals that the “savings” come from slashing our public education funding while reshuffling taxes in a way that requires working families to pay more up front when buying necessities in exchange for the promise of a little relief at the end of the year.
We’ve come far from the pledges made last spring to pass a “40-year” solution to our state’s tax structure imbalance.