Agreed. But how? With a gross receipts tax that will hit low and middle income people the hardest, and no way to exempt essentials like food and medicine?

The middle class has stagnated long enough, and the proposal to implement this tax, by far the most regressive that could be considered, should be scrapped.

Business has come to the table with an offer to support a temporary tax increase and take up fair reform of business taxes when there is time to get it right. We should support this approach, as realistically it is the only thing that can pass this session.