Blacksheep Speaks

Apparently, Arkansans are all on FOOD STAMPS

I live in Arkansas, and for the most part that's a good thing. But our new governor just did something that I, personally, find to be offensive.

All through his campagne, Mike Beebe promised that Arkansans need to have tax-free food. Really. So he gets in office, and passes legislation that has, so far, cut the food tax in half. Sort of.

You see, not all food is food. Make sense? Me either. Unprepared foods are no longer taxed at the full rate. But anything that might remotely be called prepared still gets taxed at the old rate. These rules are almost EXACTLY the same rules applied to food stamp use. Apparently the governor thinks we need to all be treated like welfare recipients.