Star Tribune: Kansas Lawmakers Pass Plan to Boost Sales, Cigarette Taxes After Brownback’s Budget Warnings
media mention“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 cuts that could result if they didn’t erase a budget deficit.
“Clearly, a move away from income taxes toward consumption makes an already unfair tax system more so,” said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.”