Louisiana
The Washington Post: Paul Ryan wants to cut income taxes. Bobby Jindal wants to kill them dead.
March 20, 2013
(Original Post) Posted by Dylan Matthews on March 20, 2013 at 11:45 am Most conservative policymakers at the federal level just want to sharply reduce the income tax, not eliminate it entirely. But more and more Republican-controlled states are deciding to go big or go home. So far, Govs. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Dave Heineman (R-NE), […]
The Daily Advertiser: Lawmakers ponder tax reform
March 19, 2013
Mar. 19, 2013 1:07 AM Written by Bill Decker If Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax reform plan hurts working people, state Rep. Joel Robideaux doesn’t see how. “I have yet to find a situation where a working individual in a working family will pay more taxes under this scenario,” Robideaux said Monday, speaking at the first […]
Louisiana Budget Project: Eliminating Louisiana’s Income Taxes Will Hurt the State’s Economy
March 19, 2013
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to abolish Louisiana’s income taxes is based on a flawed economic analysis and is likely to hurt the state’s economy rather than boost it, according to a new report by the Louisiana Budget Project. Read the Full Report
The Advocate: Tax overhaul linked to business rankings
March 11, 2013
(Original Post) By Mark Ballardand Michelle Millhollon Capitol news bureau March 11, 2013 At the top of a “talking points” memo handed to legislators, Gov. Bobby Jindal justifies overhauling the state’s tax system in order to increase the state’s ranking on an index drafted by the Tax Foundation. Stephen Moret, Jindal’s secretary of the state […]
The Daily Kos: Republican tax shifters wrong about states with no income taxes performing better
March 1, 2013
(Original Post) Meteor Blades for Daily Kos Economics Across the South and Midwest—in Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Louisiana, Indiana, Kansas and elsewhere—Republican-dominated states seek to eliminate income taxes and replace part of them with regressive sales taxes. Thus would be the tax burden be shifted to people in the lower earning tiers of the economy […]
The Huffington Post: States Without Personal Income Tax Experience Slower Growth
March 1, 2013
(Original Post) By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 02/28/2013 5:47 pm EST | Updated: 03/01/2013 12:21 am EST Small-government advocates often claim that high taxes hold the economy back. But a new report finds that states without a personal income tax have experienced slower economic growth than states with high income tax rates. The report, from the […]
States with “High Rate” Income Taxes are Still Outperforming No-Tax States
February 28, 2013 • By Carl Davis
Lawmakers in about a dozen states are giving serious consideration to either cutting or eliminating their state personal income taxes. In each case, these proposals are being touted as a way to boost economic growth.
Laffer’s New Job Growth Factoid is All Rhetoric and No Substance
February 27, 2013 • By Carl Davis
A new talking point printed on the opinion page of The Wall Street Journal is proving irresistible to state lawmakers looking for an excuse to reduce or eliminate their states' income taxes: A new analysis by economist Art Laffer for the American Legislative Exchange Council finds that, from 2002 to 2012, 62% of the three million net new jobs in America were created in the nine states without an income tax, though these states account for only about 20% of the national population.
Charlotte Observer: State Sen. Bob Rucho says North Carolina tax system needs an overhaul
February 21, 2013
By Jim Morrill [email protected] Posted: Saturday, Feb. 02, 2013 RALEIGH Republican state Sen. Bob Rucho is screening his PowerPoint to yet another audience, watching slide after slide build a case for changing North Carolina tax law. All the charts and numbers add up to one conclusion: A tax system built during the Great Depression doesn’t […]
The Star-Ledger: Sticking to the Republican playbook
February 21, 2013
(Original Post) By Star-Ledger Editorial Boardon February 15, 2013 at 6:30 AM, updated February 15, 2013 at 10:58 AM New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (left) with then-Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich as they sit at a lunch counter during a live webcast Q&A session at a campaign stop for Kasich outside Cincinnati. Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger […]
MSNBC: The ‘47%’ pay more of their income in taxes
February 15, 2013
(Original Post) Ned Resnikoff, @resnikoff3:51 PM on 02/15/2013 “There are 47% who are … dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.” So said Mitt Romney […]
Gambit: Louisiana’s poor use more of their income for taxes
February 7, 2013
(Original Post) A national survey of state and local tax codes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a Washington, D.C., think thank, shows Louisiana’s poorest residents pay comparatively high state and local taxes as a percent of income. Louisiana’s poor pay an average of 10.6 percent of their income in taxes, more […]
The Town Talk: Jindal’s plan to drop state income tax stirs debate
February 5, 2013
Feb 4, 2013 Written by Mike Hasten Gannett Louisiana BATON ROUGE — If legislators agree with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to switch from personal and corporate income taxes, Louisiana would be in line with several states showing job growth. But it could prove to be costly for those not on the high end of the […]
The Town Talk: Louisiana’s tax code and proposal draw warning
February 1, 2013
Written by Mike Hasten Gannett Louisiana BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s current tax structure is unfair to low- and middle-income families, a study examining tax structures says, and the tax revision plan pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal would make it worse. Matthew Gardner, head of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and lead investigator on […]
The Kansas City Star: With state tax reform, first do no harm
February 1, 2013
February 1 By MATTHEW GARDNER After a presidential election campaign during which tax fairness debates figured prominently, the battle has now emphatically shifted to the states. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, for instance, recently announced his support for a “flatter, fairer” tax code, and lawmakers in more than a dozen other states are poised to grapple […]
The Daily World: Study claims state tax structure unfair
January 31, 2013
Jan 31, 2013 Written by Mike Hasten BATON ROUGE — Like many states, Louisiana’s current tax structure is unfair to low- and middle-income families, a study examining tax structures released today says. But the tax revision plan pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, dropping income taxes in exchange for higher sales taxes, would make it worse, […]
The Advocate: Low-income taxpayers pay larger share in La.
January 31, 2013
(Original Post) Capitol news bureau January 31, 2013 Louisiana’s tax system takes a much-larger share from middle-and-low income residents than the wealthy just like most states, according to a national report released Wednesday. The state did not make it into the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s list of most regressive states when it comes […]
The Lens: Louisiana’s poor pay higher tax rate than the rich
January 31, 2013
(Original Report) By Tyler Bridges, Staff writerJanuary 30th, 2013 The poor in Louisiana pay twice as much of their income in state and local taxes as do the rich, a new study shows. The report, released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal, Washington, D.C.-based group, will likely raise more questions […]
Bloomberg: How Republican Governors Are Pretending to Cut Taxes
January 31, 2013
(Original Post) By Deborah Solomon Jan 31, 2013 10:37 AM ET Republican governors across the U.S. are engaged in an income tax-cutting frenzy, moving to reduce or even eliminate individual income taxes in their states. The changes will increase economic growth and reduce the size of government, they say, and their plans are drawing strong […]
The Town Talk: Tax expert warns that Jindal’s tax plan will hurt lower-income earners
January 30, 2013
Jan. 30, 2013 4:27 PM, | Written by MIKE HASTEN Gannett Louisiana BATON ROUGE – Like many states, Louisiana has a tax structure that is unfair to low- and middle-income families, a study examining tax structures released today says. But the tax revision plan pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, dropping income taxes in exchange for […]
Gambit: La.’s poorest pay more than 10% of income in state, local taxes
January 30, 2013
(Original Report) Posted by Charles Maldonado on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM A national survey of state and local tax codes by Washington think tank the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that Louisiana’s poorest residents pay the highest levels of state and local taxes as a percent of income — […]
WBRZ: Jindal calls for elimination of La. income, corp. taxes
January 30, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Jan 10, 2013 2:57 PM by Russell JonesUpdated: Jan 10, 2013 2:57 PM BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal called today for the elimination of all state income and corporate taxes as a way to boost Louisiana’s economy. The governor’s office posted the comments on Jindal’s official Twitter account this afternoon. Jindal […]
New York Times: Makers, Takers, Fakers
January 28, 2013
(Original Post) By PAUL KRUGMANPublished: January 27, 2013 Republicans have a problem. For years they could shout down any attempt to point out the extent to which their policies favored the elite over the poor and the middle class; all they had to do was yell “Class warfare!” and Democrats scurried away. In the 2012 […]
The American Prospect: Sam Brownback’s Kansas is a Resort Town for “Makers”
January 28, 2013
(Original Post) Jamelle Bouie January 24, 2013 Over the last two years, Governor Brownback has transformed the state in a laboratory for ultraconservative policies. Much like Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, Governor Sam Brownback is busy turning Kansas into a right-wing paradise, with low wages, few public services, and reactionary social policy. Since 2010, when conservative […]
WUNC: Deputy Budget Director Distances Himself From Tax Code Idea
January 25, 2013
(Original Post) Politics & Government5:32 pmThu January 24, 2013 By Jessica Jones It’s clear that North Carolina’s political leaders want to make big changes to the state’s tax code, but exactly what route they’ll choose to follow has been called into question. At a journalist roundtable yesterday, deputy budget director Art Pope distanced himself […]
