ARIZONA: Arizona Chamber of Commerce and leadership community, it’s time to do something about the lack of public school funding. The governor will not and certainly the legislature leadership won’t, so it is up to you. A solution an initiative petition to increase the general sales tax by 0.4 percent from its current rate of 5.6 percent to 6 percent will take care of the current problem.
We all can afford an additional 40 cents on each $100 of purchases to fully fund public education, can’t we? This 0.4 percent increase in the general sales tax rate dedicated to public school funding will add about $400 million per year to school funding.
