Reject the Permanent Sales Tax: Vote No on Issue 1!

Our state already has the second-highest sales tax rate in the country. With families and businesses struggling, Arkansas simply can’t afford a $293 million annual tax increase.

Voting NO on Issue 1 will help reduce the burden on hardworking families and allow Arkansans to keep more of their hard-earned money!

BACKGROUND

What happens if Issue 1 passes this November?

1. A PERMANENT SALES TAX INCREASE: This sales tax increase will become part of the state constitution. We’ll pay this tax FOREVER!

2. NO ACCOUNTABILITY: ArDOT gets the funds directly — no taxpayer or elected official control. Who knows how they’ll spend the money?

3. NOT NEEDED: In this time of crisis, health care and education are more important than building new roads. We’ve got bigger priorities, especially now

PLEDGE TO VOTE NO!

Show your support for Arkansas taxpayers and sign our pledge to vote NO on Issue 1!

Be sure to SHARE this pledge with your friends and family so they can sign, too!

EVERYONE IS JOINING THE FIGHT AGAINST ISSUE ONE!

• Americans for Prosperity – Arkansas
• Arkansas Community Organizations
• Arkansas Liberty Coalition
• Arkansas Public Policy Panel
• Audubon Arkansas
• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
• Citizens First Congress
• Central Arkansas Sierra Club
• Central Arkansas Reentry Coalition
• Downtown Little Rock Neighborhood Association
• Garland County Tea Party
• Northeast Arkansas Tea Party
• Northeast Arkansas Reentry Coalition
• Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Union (SMART Transportation division in Arkansas)

MEDIA

PRINT/ONLINE

• OPINION | Editorial: The issues – Not a whole lot to like – Arkansas Democratic Gazette
• Paying for roads: Sales tax not only way to find cash – Arkansas Democratic Gazette
• Don’t Get Tricked into Raising the Sales Tax Permanently – Townhall.com
• Sierra Club, Downtown Neighborhood Association will join group opposing sales tax increase for highways – Arkansas Times
• Business lobby puts up big money to impose a permanent state sales tax for roads – Arkansas Times
• State road-tax extension will face new foe – Arkansas Democratic Gazette

RADIO

Vote NO on Issue #1 Radio Ad

Vote NO on Issue #1 Spanish Radio Ad

NEWS

MEDIA ADVISORY: Bipartisan Coalition Announces Growing Opposition on Issue 1 [pdf]

PRESS RELEASE: No Permanent Tax. No on Issue 1 Responds to Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling on ArDOT Spending [pdf]

Paid for by Americans for Prosperity. Authorized by No Permanent Tax No On Issue One Committee

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