The Las Vegas Sun has a story today about two Democrats – Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce and Senator Bob Coffin – who are breaking ranks with party leadership and calling for an increase in revenue.  Their comments/suggestions/ideas:

“I don’t think all of my colleagues don’t want to talk about taxes. I just have a shorter fuse about being calling a coward,” Pierce said of criticism lawmakers have received from their allies.

Coffin said: “I’m working on leadership.”

On how to raise the money, Pierce and Coffin disagree.

Pierce favors a broad-based business tax on profits. This, she said, would capture large businesses — including liberals’ favorite target, Wal-Mart — that don’t pay their fair share.

Coffin says the state needs a tax that will bring in revenue immediately. An increase in the sales tax is “the quickest, most publicly acceptable,” he said.

Democratic leadership, aka Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, this week came under fire from progressives, the teachers union and advocates for various social services groups for saying they do not believe the state should raise taxes during a recession.