Indiana and Governor Mitch Daniels get it. When will our elected officials?

Via Real Clear Politics. Listen up Arkansas!

Stop Squeezing Small Business
By Ed Feulner

As we celebrate Labor Day, let's remember what makes this holiday possible in the first place: American workers. For the most part that means small business.

According to federal statistics, small firms (those with fewer than 500 employees):

• Represent some 99 percent of all employer firms.

• Employ more than half of all private-sector employees.

This morning the Blue Ribbon Committee on Highway Finance held a meeting at the state capitol. The committee is made up of legislators, businessmen, and county officials. The purpose of these meetings and this committee (and this was discussed thoroughly in the earlier sessions a couple of months ago) to decide how our highway systems in Arkansas should be, as the name suggests, financed.

Last evening the voice of the people was heard loud and clear in Saline County. In a special election the voters were given the option of an up or down vote for a $55 million dollar bond proposal and a one cent sales tax that would “sunset” once the bond was paid off. The bond would have been used for a new Fairplex site.