The legislature has been grossly irresponsible in cutting taxes without first considering the fiscal needs of a fast-growing state with an aging infrastructure. If the legislature was the CEO of a large corporation, it would have been fired and replaced (that decision will be left up to voters next November).
Meanwhile, you will be paying the price for being put on the short end of the “tax cut stick” in the form of reduced state services. The cut in state revenue has been so severe that the state is now running at a fiscal deficit. Instead of admitting they made a mistake and reverse some of the income tax cuts gifted to wealthy Idahoans and corporations, the majority party is doubling down by:
- Cutting state budgets across almost all state agencies and departments
- Launching an illegitimate DOGE task force to reduce and cut even more state services
- Threaten to repeal Medicaid Expansion in its entirety
- Reduce state revenue for public schools by giving your tax dollars to for-profit private and religious schools
- There’s even talk that yet another tax cut may be proposed next year!
( CLICK HERE for more about the looming state deficit.) But wait . . . there’s more There’s another piece of data that reveals the fiscal incompetence of a majority party that has had complete control of the state’s fiscal policies for decades. It is buried on the bottom of page 27 of the 2025 Fiscal Facts book, which is published annually by the state’s Legislative Services Organization ( CLICK HERE for the full report):
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