Bobby Harrison

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here. In America, the military does not enforce our domestic laws. America does not use the military to suppress peaceful protests, even if we disagree with the protests. We have always known that tyrants use the military against their own people.

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

It should not be a surprise that what was touted as the largest tax cut in state history might be resulting in less revenue to fund Mississippi’s vital services such as education, law enforcement and health care. Perhaps a bit of clarification is needed. In recent years, three separate tax cuts have been touted by leaders as “the largest tax cut in state history”: a $416 million tax cut in 2016 and a $525 million tax cut in 2022. But neither is no longer the state’s largest tax cut.

2 weeks ago | djournal.com | Bobby Harrison

It should not be a surprise that what was touted as the largest tax cut in state history might be resulting in less revenue to fund Mississippi’s vital services such as education, law enforcement and health care. So, in other words, three times in less than a decade, legislators have passed "the largest tax cut in state history."Mississippi’s current anemic revenue collections can be attributed to one of three things: an economic slowdown, those major tax cuts, or a combination of the two.

3 weeks ago | dailycorinthian.com | Bobby Harrison

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3 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here. With graduation season upon us, I can’t help but be proud of the next generation of leaders. Each cap and gown represents not just an achievement, but a hope for the future and for a better Mississippi.