Utahns Support Hiking Taxes to Pay for Schools

Written by Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor

Utah State CapitolThe old adage “strike while the iron is hot” may well apply to backers of a 7/8th of 1 percent increase in the state personal and corporate income tax rate for public education.

In a new survey for UtahPolicy, Dan Jones & Associates finds that more than two-thirds of Utahns favor such a tax hike for schools, grades K-12.