N&R report on last night’s forum debating Guilford County’s proposed quarter-cent sales tax hike. Read how some tax proponents reacted when Rep. Jon Hardister dare suggested that Guilford residents are taxed enough:

At several points during the forum, members of the audience laughed at Hardister, talked over him or shouted out rebuttals to his arguments. Most were in reaction to his claim that the General Assembly has dramatically increased funding for public schools in the last few years.

Given the fact that the sales tax hike has failed three previous times here in Guilford, seems to me the burden of proof that it’s necessary falls on proponents. The way I see it they’re not going to win many votes with this type of behavior, even if the money (ostensibly) will go toward —you know it —-the children.