Yesterday was primary day in Mississippi and all I could do was laugh at the outcome……

The Hotline reports that Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) won a crowded Republican primary with 59% of the vote, avoiding an August 23 runoff that will most likely be necessary for Democrats Johnny DuPree and Bill Luckett.

This is a letter that I sent to each candidate for the state of Mississippi……so now after the comedy of errors that was the debt debate and final deal……I ask ALL candidates to explain the thought…….

Dear Candidate:

You are asking the people of Mississippi to vote for you in an upcoming  primary…election after election we, the people, have been told and promised that tax cuts would make Mississippi a more prosperous state….year after year that has NOT been the case….and candidates are still trying to sell that idea and the people buy it….each and every time.  So my question is about these promised tax cuts.

Tax cuts….so far the only thing they have done is make for a great campaign slogan and a couple of bumper stickers…and that is about the extent of the promise……for more years than I care to count Mississippi has been at the top of every “worst” list and the bottom of every “best” list….so tax cuts have not help the state in anyway that is noticeable.

Every administration for the last couple of decades has cut taxes as way to attract good jobs to the state….and so far all it has done is basically pay corporations to re-locate in Mississippi…the jobs are NOT there….i.e.  a recent multi-million dollar industry has come to North Mississippi, they got tax cuts and breaks and economic development money and it will create 50 jobs…where was that tax incentive making Mississippi more prosperous?

We have heard the pundits use Connecticut as an example of what happens when taxes are raised….the business economy in the state sucks….but then if tax cuts are the answer why is Mississippi so far down the list?  By that analysis Mississippi should be leading the nation in jobs creation and a good economic atmosphere….we are NOT…so what is it that tax cuts is doing for the state?

Since jobs/education/health are all in the toilet in Mississippi….how will tax cuts change that?  And why, with all our past tax cuts is it not improving now?

My question is very simple….explain to me and the people of Mississippi just how tax cuts will make their life better and more prosperous?