September 15, 2015
“According to the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Kentucky’s richest 1 percent of families — those earning at least $330,000 a year — already have the lowest overall state and local tax burden, at 6 percent of income, compared to 9 percent for the poorest one-fifth of Kentucky families.”
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