Lyin' Larry
Larry Daughtrey is upset that a certain candidate for governor won't stop talking about the income tax. He criticizes Van Hilleary for saying the income tax isn't dead.

Daughtrey in his most recent Sunday column wrote this: While the legislature was in session and desperate enough to do almost anything, Hilleary was pouring out weekly press releases pronouncing the income tax dead and declaring that "it's time to move on." Now that the income tax is dead, Hilleary proclaims that it lives, over and over.

Perhaps Daughtrey doesn't read the paper he works for. Not too many days ago, The Tennessean reported in this story that House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh plans to revive his push for the income tax in two years, and is donating to the legislative campaigns of pro-income tax Democrats. As I noted here on Aug. 23, gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen has not promised to veto an income tax if the legislature passes one.

If Hilleary loses and Naifeh wins re-election, the income tax will most certainly be back on the agenda in two years and if it passes, Bredesen will not veto it.

The income tax isn't dead. Daughtrey - an avid cheerleader for the unconstitutional tax - knows this but chooses to lie about it and slam Hilleary every chance he gets. Because if Hilleary wins, the income tax really is dead.

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