OU president David Boren is proposing it and the petition drive has started.
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Personally, I am torn.
Pros:
- More money for education
- Education needs more money
- Oil revenue declines means state will have huge shortfalls in the coming years
- Education funds still haven't made it back to pre-recession levels
- Allowing voters to decide on taxing themselves, rather than legislators
Cons:
- Like the lottery, may be used as an excuse for the legislature to not fund education fully on its own
- The sales taxes in this state are already high
- Sales taxes are regressive (i.e. hit the poorest the hardest)
- The state should be funding education by itself already
- The state legislators chose to cut income taxes, so now we're going to raise sales taxes at the same time?!
Help me out, SF.com. What side should I take?