Opinion: Sandoval not following Republican script
By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal
At least we now know why the Democrats didn’t recruit a substantial candidate against Gov. Brian Sandoval in the last election.
It would have been hard to find anyone capable of running to the left of our popular Republican. But given the sorry state of Nevada’s public education system, that might actually be a good thing.
The state possesses few viable Democrats with politics more progressive than those espoused Thursday by Sandoval in his State of the State, in which he called for a $7.3 billion two-year budget. That includes $1.5 billion in additional revenue: $580 million in the “endless sunset” tax extension, $80 million in increased cigarette taxes, and $440 million from a new fee on business licenses.
A Republican suggesting a big bump in a business tax?
Read the article. It asks whether Sandoval is a democrat or a republican in name only……..pffft. That’s how low the republicans have slumped. ANY tax increase for ANY reason, education or not, simply cannot be embraced by republicans. Trickle down is dead and gone. It never existed except in the minds of the 1%. It’s been a hoax the whole time. Developed countries adjust taxation to fit the needs of the situation. It’s just one more reason the republicans are rudderless.
Sandoval is a reasonable republican;old school. Like they used to be. Facts matter, and he seems capable of using his brain outside of the lobbyists. Good on him.