Good day in Arkansas. Tax cuts for everyone and a special break for our working poor.

Luckily, happily, fortunately, shockingly, the Legislature finally gets it. The other day, the bigs at the Ledge shook hands and backslapped on a deal with the new big in the governor’s office to (a ) cut the shameless, regressive, morally repugnant and otherwise damnable sales tax on groceries, (b ) cut the sales tax on utilities for manufacturers, and (c ) exempt more poor folks from paying state income tax. What does all this mean for We the People ?

It means that (a ) all of us get a tax break on the basics at the grocery store. Instead of paying 6 cents a dollar on our bread and milk, it’ll be only 3 cents. Of course it should be nothing on account of right’s right, wrong’s wrong and fair’s fair. But sometimes justice has to wait. At least Arkansas is starting to get there. Halfway there.