Arizonans practically require tax cuts from every government entity on an annual basis. Mathematically, that cannot serve any population -- after all, if you spent less on, say, food each year while food costs rose, even gradually, eventually you might go hungry.
It is, however, an article of faith in the Grand Canyon State that taxes are out of control.
What do the facts say?
Property taxes in AZ are fairly low, according to the information at this link, which shows AZ ranking 18th in 50:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/Advice/PropertyTaxesWhereDoesYourStateRank.aspx
Overall, the Tax Foundation found that 2008 taxes -- the last year they studied as of this post -- has AZ at 41 out of 50 when considering all taxes. See for yourself:
http://www.retirementliving.com/tax_burden_2008.pdf
Cutting taxes where they are not high -- however you define 'high' -- may be dangerous. You could get poor educational performance from such spending, unless you think being the 49th state in 50 might somehow still lead to good public education:
http://www.epodunk.com/top10/per_pupil/
Like I said -- stubborn things.
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