This year, the Legislature of the State of Mississippi is considering several changes to the tax and spending structure of the State Government. The reason that I say “structure” is that many of the proposals will fundamentally change the way the Government could be funded and lock in future tax revenues and spending for decades to come. These proposals are very consequential for all taxpayers of Mississippi. I wanted to outline the most important of these proposals and give my opinion on them: the elimination of the Income Tax, a cut in the Grocery Tax, an expansion of Medicaid in the State and proposals to help stabilize PERS.