This is a tax-limitation question with real teeth. Locking a 3.5 percent ceiling into the constitution makes future income-tax hikes much harder — a durable restraint that favors taxpayers and predictable budgeting. The flip side is the mirror image of the same fact: a constitutional cap ties the hands of future legislatures and voters, including in a downturn. For citizens who prize limited government and guarding the household against tax creep, this points clearly yes. Those who want fiscal flexibility kept in elected hands will weigh it differently. The largely party-line votes reflect that divide.
"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's."
— Matthew 22:21 (KJV)