Measuring the impact of the Prop 100 sales tax increase

May 29, 2013

The 1 cent sales tax increase approved by voters in 2010 as Proposition 100 expires on Saturday. The vote occurred while Arizona's economy was in the middle of the recession and the state's budget was deep in a deficit. The funding from the higher tax was intended to help fund K-12 education.

Todd Sanders, President and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, supported Prop 100. Farrell Quinlan, Arizona Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, was an opponent. Sanders and Quinlan talked about the tax's impact.