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Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

10/21/2002

I Thought Tennessee Was Broke
Weren't you under the impression that the sales tax increase was to pay for balancing the budget? Apparently not all of it, at least according to this story in today's Tennessean. Here's an excerpt:

The state finds itself on Toyota Motor Co.'s short list of potential sites for a new assembly plant in the United States. And some think that this past summer's 1-cent sales tax increase may provide the state a pool of cash to match some of its competitors' ability to spend large sums on big projects.

Good thing Phil Bredesen's not governor. He'd offer to pay for the whole plant and give it to them, weak strings attached.