Governor Jan Brewer wants to raise Arizona's sales tax by a penny to help close the state budget deficit. This is a bad idea, as doing so would result in over 14,000 private sector jobs lost, real economic output would decline by $1.2 billion, and Arizonans would see their after-tax income fall by $300 per household. Goldwater Institute economist Byron Schlomach went on KTAR's Joe Crummey Show to talk about why spending cuts are the best way to close the budget gap.
