While some proponents of LB 1097 – a bill to cut Nebraska’s income taxes – talk about the bill’s benefit to the state’s middle class, a look at the data shows by far the biggest beneficiaries of the cut would be the state’s highest earners.
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February 18, 2014
Open Sky Policy Institute: Data show middle class benefit of LB 1097 paltry compared to higher earners
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