Since a reader asked about Arkansas income tax rates, here they are for taxable income.  You do not have to have taxable income though in order to receive tax rebates or EITC’s (earned income tax credits).  For that reason, Arkansas income tax rates are irrelevant to the grocery tax debate.
If your taxable income is between:
$0 and $3,399, your tax […]

It’s unfortunate that Beebe is going to stick with his tax cut for everyone (including the Waltons) instead of doing more to the help the working poor.  It’s a no-brainer that more tax relief for the working poor could be granted directly via rebates.  Beebe made a point during the campaign to be responsible by […]

The battle lines have been drawn and they haven’t even been sworn in yet. For what it’s worth, I think that Petrus and Critcher are going to find out that they are way out of their league here. It is one thing to have gone head to head with the Republican Governor who had an embarrassing number […]

Fitting after a hard fought battle that Fort Smith won the war to be the location for the U.S. Marshals Service museum. Kudos to those folks that worked and fought so hard to make this happen. The muesum will be a grand addition to the already facinating National Historic Site that includes the courtroom and gallows […]

For those of use who must continue to exist in the reality based community here’s what Bush did; he took on a very expensive mistress (Iraq), bought a new house, cars and expensive vacations for the family and went to part-time at work…He took on huge financial commitments and had no plan to pay for them. For you and […]