[HeadOn]

IT WAS NOT A RIOT LAST TIME, DESPITE WHAT THE PRESS SAYS.

Yes, a window was broken, and someone was dragged out of the building. But, all in all, it was a LOUD, PEACEFUL crowd, from eyewitness reports. The legislators just got scared, and failed to pass the tax.

By the way, the legislators are pretty much well-off lawyers, or gentlemen farmers, etc. If they pass an income tax, they plan to repeal the "Hall Tax", which is a tax on investment income...

Think about it.

[HeadOn]

BTW - a TN State Trooper dragged a citizen protestor away from the legislative chamber, no legislator was dragged out of the building.

[Redbob]

"If they pass an income tax, they plan to repeal the "Hall Tax", which is a tax on investment income..."

In a telling commentary on Tennessee Dimocrat attitudes, the "Hall Tax" on investment income (6%!) is called an "Unearned income tax"!