Arkansas Policy Foundation executive director Greg Kaza reports:

The people of Arkansas are enjoying the first months of the biggest tax cut in state history, a 50 percent reduction in the sales tax on groceries. A non-dynamic state estimate found that more than $100 million, which annually had gone into the state’s coffers, will now stay in consumer pockets — whether they shop at Piggly Wiggly in the Delta or at Kroger or Harvest Foods in Little Rock.

The tax cut is the biggest news in Arkansas this year. Of course, if you live elsewhere you may not have heard of the detail-oriented governor who rejected the long-held belief in this state that the poor and middle class should be taxed on what they buy at the food store. And I’m not describing either of the two former governors from Hope — Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee.

Kaza notes, under Clinton and Huckabee, “The Arkansas sales tax on groceries was increased during their terms, a fact overlooked by national media.” For more, refer to Kaza’s Nov. 16 National Review Online article, “The Biggest Tax Cut in Arkansas History.” Spread the word to your state and local officials: The poor and middle class are hungry for such a cut.