[Melinda in TN]

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. :-)

[beckysueb]

I live in TN. too. I have heard some comments from Bredesen I didn't like. He said Bush was not his president but other than that I think the state media has really shilled for him. I can't prove it but I know when he reworked Tenncare, if he had been a Republican, the media would have drug out a list of victims but with Bredesen they said he was saving a lot of money for the state. I do think however that southern Democrats are much more conservative, Algore being the exception.