UPDATED: Is Tennessee Considering Taxing Your Downloads?

No, $500 million DO NOT have to be raised, at all. If the state is not taking in enough money to cover it's desires, it should do what I do, stop spending!

By definition, Tennessee's sales tax is indexed to inflation and the state's economy. It generates revenue based on what the population can afford. If the tax revenue drops, the state's spending should drop the same amount.

While I support and applaud our state's efforts to keep the federal government out of the state, TennCare is an unjustified monster. It's budget is $2.7 BILLIOn!!! Cut the $500 million from that (or more) and get it back to the minimums required by the feds for Medicare.

I'm just sick to death of taxes and even sicker of governments that force me to support every deadbeat that won't work and keeps having babies to get a "raise"!

sate income tax is not the answer,just look at ga,
they have it and it still lacks money
what if they tried(just like the genral public) to manage the money they do have or cut spending.
why does the word new tax come up every time the state goverments spend more money then they have?

$500M does not have to be raised anywhere! Your problem is that you think government spending either needs to stay constant or grow. I have no problem with government spending within its means. When hard economic times come we should cut back in our spending, not try to figure out how we can keep spending at the current rate. It is your line of thinking that causes families to pull out their credit cards when times get rough. Instead it should be a time to cut fat and trim up.

very sound advice