Idaho needs a 10-year plan to restore its decimated tax revenue as soon as possible

Please consider: For the last 40 years Idaho has been 49th or 50th in the nation in the funding of education. To coin a phrase, we have been the “Mississippi of the Northwest.” Over the last 61 years, we have pirated away the sales tax base by 89 special interest exemptions, so now the total […]

By: Robert Huntley

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 374

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Please consider: For the last 40 years Idaho has been 49th or 50th in the nation in the funding of education. To coin a phrase, we have been the “Mississippi of the Northwest.”

New report finds tax cuts benefit highest-income Idaho households most

Over the last 61 years, we have pirated away the sales tax base by 89 special interest exemptions, so now the total exemptions cost approximately $600,000 more …

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