GOP confronts another failed tax experiment in Oklahoma

https://via.hypothes.is/https://apnews.com/f058811fa1fb4bf68a34e3c243a14a6f

A constitutional requirement of a 3/4 majority. Wow. I wonder when that was enacted?

«Gov. Mary Fallin and GOP leaders have been unable to reverse course because of a constitutional quirk that says any tax increase needs a three-fourth’s majority vote of the Legislature. Despite broad GOP support for tax hikes, a small number of fiercely anti-tax Republicans have joined with the minority Democrats to derail attempts to raise revenue. Democrats complain that most of the tax plans unfairly target the poor.»

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