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Kansas ends conservative experiment
2001400ex
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http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article22685010.html
The state's budget problems arose after the GOP-dominated Legislature slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging as an economic stimulus.
Brownback's plan would raise $428 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1, a little more than what's needed to close the budget gap. A majority of the new dollars would come from increasing the sales tax to 6.65 percent from 6.15 percent and the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack, to $1.29 from 79 cents.
The state's budget problems arose after the GOP-dominated Legislature slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging as an economic stimulus.
Brownback's plan would raise $428 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1, a little more than what's needed to close the budget gap. A majority of the new dollars would come from increasing the sales tax to 6.65 percent from 6.15 percent and the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack, to $1.29 from 79 cents.
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Sales tax. The most regressive of all taxes.
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I thought the economy was great?
By the way if they ended the experiment they would have raised income tax -
Kansas has been flaming out in large measure due to Brownback's ideological governance. Even in the face of all that, the good people of Kansas could not bring themselves to vote for the Independent (the Dem dropped out) in the elections.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119574/sam-brownbacks-conservative-utopia-kansas-has-become-hell -
Just Kansas?
I don't think Brownback is alone in his ideological approach
Because Kansas did in fact elect him -
Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.
But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for -
Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
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Obama is still a failure. Sorry.2001400ex said:Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
If only he could have failed as bad as Reagan -
AZDuck said:
The Lottery. The most regressive of all taxes.
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Is that why progressive Washington loves it so much?AZDuck said:Sales tax. The most regressive of all taxes.
