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Is Sundquist the guy who raised taxes? I guess he has to crossed off the list. Sorry, I don't follow distant states' politics that closely.

That's the one. He wanted to impose an income tax on Tennessee and we fought him on it for what seemed like forever. At the end of his term in put a ridiculous sales tax on us. It runs in tiers according to what you buy but most things carry a 9.50% +/- tax when it's all added up. I'm just a few miles from GA so we go there for large purchases. Bredesen has been good, even for a Democrat. He seems to be pretty conservative and I don't hear any complaints from either side.

Personally, I think a reasonable sales tax is more fair because everybody has to pay, not just the working folks, but his was excessive IMO and it seemed to have been done out of spite. Sales tax would not be more fair for the low income working class but income tax punishes people for working and encourages people not to work. Just my two cents but I'm no tax expert. :-)