The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) has gathered signatures and submitted a petition to levy a 2% business margins tax on businesses in Nevada that make a $1,000,000 and above.
This week we saw Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick and republican assemblyman Pat Hickey state firmly on Ralston Reports that neither will give the margins tax a sniff during this legislative session.
We should expect this stance from Assemblyman hickey, since after all he is a republican, and protecting big business at all costs is top priority. The shocker is that Assembly Speaker Kirkpatrick is also taking a similar stance and is willing to tell the 100,000+ REGISTERED Voters, that their signatures on the NSEA petition will be ignored and the petition that they signed on to support will be tossed into the trash can as soon as it reaches her desk.
So 100,000 REGISTERED VOTERS are basically being told: "We don't give a damn and we are going to ignore the petition you signed".
This fortunately is the opposite stance Senate Majority leader Mo Denis expressed during his segment on Ralston Reports. Assemblyman Denis said the margins tax, or at least some form of it or close alternative to it, should be discussed and not just ignored as it appears the assembly leaders are willing to do.
So here's a big THANK YOU to Senator Mo Denis in that he will not ignore and refuse to acknowledge that 100,000+ REGISTERED VOTERS who signed a petition that would generate a tax supporting education wasn't totally an exercise in futility.
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