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media mention June 18, 2015 Lawrence Journal-World: Brownback Signs Budget; Claims Success in 2015 Session
According to the administration, without the tax bills passed this year, Kansans would pay $1.06 billion less in income and sales taxes than they would have before the 2012 tax… -
media mention June 18, 2015 Inquisitr: Kansas Raises Taxes On The Poor To Pay For Wealthy Tax Cuts
Meg Wiehe from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy told the Washington Post that only the rich have incomes that are growing. “Kansas has really shifted the responsibility for… -
media mention June 18, 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Kansas Governor Says Deficit Plan is Not a Tax Increase
“Brownback, his top aides and their legislative allies have argued repeatedly that cuts in income tax rates benefited all classes of taxpayers. The governor noted that one provision of this… -
media mention June 18, 2015 KWCH: Brownback Says Tax Plan is Not an Increase, Critics Disagree
“The vast majority of 2.8 million Kansans are doing worse,” Ward said. “They’ve had their taxes increased twice in the last three years.” Ward said the sales tax increases in… -
media mention June 18, 2015 TPM: Brownback: Despite Sales Tax Hike, It’s ‘Not Accurate’ That We’re Raising Taxes
Brownback, his top aides and their legislative allies have argued repeatedly that cuts in income tax rates benefited all classes of taxpayers. The governor noted that one provision of this… -
media mention June 18, 2015 Kansas City Star: Brownback Continues Defense of 2012 Kansas Tax Cuts, Which He Says Exceed 2015 Tax Hikes
Brownback contends that all taxpayers have benefited from the cuts. Critics say that wealthier Kansans gained most directly. And an analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a… -
media mention June 18, 2015 KWCH: More Kansans May Need Help Due to Higher Sales Tax Costs
Kansans who make the least often pay more of their income on taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says anyone who make less than $20,000 a year pays… -
media mention June 18, 2015 KWCH: New Tax Law; Who Pays Less, More
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan, left-leaning group based in Washington D.C., ran the numbers and projects the poor will pay more, while the rich will pay… -
media mention June 18, 2015 U.S. News and World Report: Kansas Gov. Brownback Says Sales and Cigarette Tax Rises Are Not Tax Increases
But a new analysis Tuesday from Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan but left-leaning policy group based in Washington, said the cumulative effects of the changes in tax… -
media mention June 17, 2015 Wichita Eagle: Brownback Signs Budget and Tax Bills, Defends Tax Policies
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback says a plan increasing sales and other taxes does not count as a tax increase because it comes on the heels of income tax cuts… -
media mention June 17, 2015 Kansas City Star: TheChat: Kansas Evaluates Impact of the Raucous 2015 Session
The fallout from the 2015 session continues. ▪ “It’s clearly a cautionary tale for other states to have in mind.” — Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on… -
media mention June 17, 2015 KCTV Kansas City: Kansas Governor Says Deficit Plan Is Not a Tax Increase
Brownback, his top aides and their legislative allies have argued repeatedly that cuts in income tax rates benefited all classes of taxpayers. The governor noted that one provision of this… -
media mention June 17, 2015 KSHB Kansas City: Social Service Agencies Worry About Potential Effects of Kansas Budget
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the poorest 40 percent of Kansans will pay an average of $131 more in taxes because of the new budget. According… -
media mention June 15, 2015 New York Times: Kansas Tax Cutting Model Tarnished by Sales Tax Increase
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning, Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said Kansas’ experience makes it more difficult for other states to pursue aggressive income tax cuts.… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Top Earners Benefit More From Senate’s Tax Plan Than House’s, Analysis Says
The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on behalf of liberal research group Policy Matters Ohio estimates that the lowest 40 percent of Ohio income earners would… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Star Tribune: Kansas Lawmakers Pass Plan to Boost Sales, Cigarette Taxes After Brownback’s Budget Warnings
“TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas narrowly approved tax increases Friday, responding to pleas from their leaders and a warning from GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s aides about draconian spending… -
media mention June 15, 2015 Daily Record: Letter: State’s Tax Structure Hits the Poor the Hardest
Why did the recession have such a damaging effect on the state budget? Because, almost uniquely in the country, most of our state’s revenue comes from various kinds of sales… -
media mention June 15, 2015 The Washington Post: How Kansas Keeps Making Life Harder for the Poor
Poor families in Kansas would pay even more in taxes under a bill the state House passed Friday. Matt Gardner, the executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention June 12, 2015 Presna Latina: Substantial Contribution of Immigrants to US Economy
The text states that the contributions of this sector would increase by $ 845 million if the migrant relief proposed by US President Barack Obama is finally approved, and in… -
media mention June 12, 2015 Salon: Sam Brownback Guts Kansas Even More: This Is Life Under America’s Worst Republican Governor
Brownback’s well-paid tax consultant, the legendary economist Laffer, promised Kansans that the cuts would pay for themselves in supercharged economic growth. At the time, a report from the Institute on… -
media mention June 9, 2015 The Washington Post: The Facts About Rick Perry And The ‘Texas Miracle’
On average, the poorest one in five Texas residents pays 12.5 percent of their annual income in taxes to the state and to local governments, among the highest rates in… -
media mention June 9, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Kasich Flirts With Steve Forbes’ Flat Tax
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of… -
media mention June 9, 2015 The News-Herald: Amazon’s Ohio Sales Tax Collection Seen As Way To ‘Level Playing Field,’ Close Tax Loophole
Some states, however, have decided not to wait for the federal government to make the change. So far, 10 states have taken their own limited steps to expand the number… -
media mention June 9, 2015 Dayton Daily News: Kasich Flirts With Flat Tax
“If you ask its advocates why it’s a good idea, one of the first things they’ll say is it’s a simpler way to tax,” said Matt Gardner, executive director of… -
media mention June 5, 2015 Chicagoist: Addressing Property Taxes And Gentrification Along The 606
Most gentrification narratives go vaguely like this: hipsters come to a neighborhood and open up fancy businesses and build fancy stuff and the original residents get pushed out. But often…