Hoffman: Escaping Without Tax Hikes

By holding the legislature hostage to a time-consuming procedure, Democrats hoped to convince lawmakers it was for the greater good and a matter of expedience to just go ahead and introduce legislation to raise the cigarette tax. I don’t know the political science behind the minority party’s reasoning (they didn’t consult me on it), but I’m sure they figured the public overwhelmingly supports a cigarette tax increase, overwhelmingly wants more money for government services and that the public would rally in support. They figured (I surmise) the public would be alarmed that the majority party is “blocking” efforts to introduce a popular tax for popular programs. But none of those things happened. The reason is the public doesn’t support a tax increase, as evidenced by the November election results/ Wayne Hoffman , Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here .

Question: Did Idaho legislators follow the will of their constituents by resisting all tax hikes, including one on cigarette taxes?