Kansas
Kansas City Business Journal: State taxes take bigger bite from lower earners
January 30, 2013
(Original Post) Staff Kansas City Business Journal An analysis released Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reveals that state taxes take a bigger toll on low- and middle-income families than the wealthy. The report combines the average overall effective state and local tax rates by income group nationwide. It found that the […]
Associated Press: Kan. Senate panel reviewing governor’s tax plan
January 29, 2013
By JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer Updated 7:18 am, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators will on Tuesday consider conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax proposals amid questions on whether it’s fair to the state’s poorest residents to offset lower income tax rates by scrapping deductions for homeowners and raising additional […]
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 […]
New York Times: Kansas’ Governor and G.O.P. Seek to End Income Tax
January 25, 2013
(Original Post) By JOHN ELIGONPublished: January 23, 2013 TOPEKA, Kan. — President Obama stood on the steps of the Capitol in Washington on Monday afternoon and laid out an expansive liberal agenda for the nation. Inside the Kansas State Capitol here this week, Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican legislators have been drafting what could be […]
Kansas City Business Journal: Missouri looks to Kansas for economic guidance
January 16, 2013
(Original Post) Jan 8, 2013, 7:59am CST Updated: Jan 8, 2013, 8:33am CST Staff Kansas City Business Journal Missouri lawmakers are looking to Kansas for ways to increase taxes in some areas to offset tax cuts in others, The Independence Examiner reports. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said as many as 15 states, […]
Kansas Action for Children: The Kansas Budget Gap: How Did it Happen and Who Gets Hurt?
January 14, 2013
As is the case in any state, Kansas revenue and budget circumstances vary from year to year depending on a number of factors, including the health of the economy, the cost of providing state services and unforeseen expenses due to natural disasters or litigation. However, the budget shortfalls seen in Kansas recently are the result […]
Think Progress: Despite Setback, Gov. Brownback Stays Focused On Making Kansas’ Already Regressive System Even Worse
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on May 31, 2011 at 10:15 am Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) has been pushing to implement what he calls “tax reform” in the Sunflower State — with the main thrust of his effort focused on reducing the Kansas’ income tax: “I think there’s a combination of things that […]
Kansas City Star: Momentum grows to swap income tax for sales tax in states
December 21, 2012
By DAVE HELLING Talk about a tax break. While all the attention this summer was focused on the federal debt and tax policy in Washington, some lawmakers and activists closer to home were quietly moving toward achieving a long-term goal: eliminating income taxes in Missouri and Kansas. “The time has come,” said Jonathan Williams, director […]
The Emporia (KS) Gazette: The “Class Warfare” Nonsense
December 21, 2012
October 7, 2011 by Bob Grover When President Obama released his most recent plan to create jobs and address the national deficit, he proposed that wealthy Americans and corporations should pay higher taxes. Congressional leaders John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan responded with cries of “class warfare.” Boehner and company must be desperate for […]
Fox 4 TV News Kansas City: Will Kansas Eliminate Income Tax?
December 21, 2012
October 25, 2011 by John Pepitone and Christie Walton A new group wants Kansas to join nine other states that don’t have an individual income tax. Supporters claim states like Texas, Tennessee and Florida are growing faster and creating new jobs because they don’t have an income tax. A proposal to eliminate the state […]
Kansas Action for Children: Kansas Tax Reform in 2012: What does it mean for children and families?
December 17, 2012
“One of the defining issues of the 2012 Kansas legislative session was tax policy. Ultimately, the package of tax changes enacted by lawmakers will negatively impact Kansas children and families in a number of ways. • State revenues will be dramatically reduced – affecting available funding for necessary services such as education, the social safety […]
Think Progress: Kansas Conservatives Move Bill That Raises Taxes On The Poor While Cutting Them For The Rich
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 pm In what one state Democrat has called “Robin Hood in reverse,” Kansas’ tax committee this week approved a bill that would cut taxes on the wealthiest Kansans to the tune of $1,500, while raising taxes on those residents making less that $25,000 per […]
Wichita Eagle: Laffer’s claims about taxes, growth are empty
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) By William T. Terrell Published Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:25 p.m.Updated Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:26 p.m. It’s amazing that economist Arthur Laffer is having a great impact on attempts to alter Kansas individual income taxes, and that neither Gov. Sam Brownback nor Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan has arranged for a […]
Lawrence World Journal: Brownback active in promoting agenda
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) By Scott Rothschild April 2, 2012 Tax-cut proposals harmful, group says The League of Women Voters of Kansas issued a news release critical of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax-cutting plan as well as two major proposals in a House-Senate conference committee. All three plans reduce income tax rates and eliminate income taxes on nonwage […]
Kansas Reporter: Will KS plan cut taxes or just shift them?
December 17, 2012
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and state lawmakers say they want to cut income taxes. So what? tax mavens say. The state government will get its money. Somewhere. Somehow. “True tax reform has to be a combination of reduced tax rates and spending […]
The Wichita Eagle: League of Women Voters speaks out against Kansas income tax plans
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) By BRENT D. WISTROMEagle Topeka bureau Published Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 5:33 p.m. TOPEKA — The League of Women Voters of Kansas, usually noted for their opposition to laws they feel create barriers to voting, stepped out late last week against the two income tax reduction bills being debated by House and […]
The Hutchinson News: DC group criticizes Kan. plan for cutting taxes
December 17, 2012
Published: 5/8/2012 10:01 PM | Last update: 5/8/2012 10:01 PM TOPEKA – A Washington think tank says a tax-cutting package in the Kansas Legislature would shift part of the tax burden to the state’s poorest residents. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy is a research group that advocates for progressive tax codes. The group […]
Topeka Capital Journal: Senate poised for vote on tax bill
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) Posted: May 9, 2012 – 11:44am By Tim CarpenterTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The Senate takes up a controversial income-tax reduction compromise Wednesday labeled by Republicans as a fair piece of legislation and by Democrats as damaging to the working poor. The measure pending before the Senate would drop individual state income tax rates and phase […]
Associated Press: Kan. Senate leaders expect close vote on tax cuts
December 17, 2012
By John Hanna Associated Press / May 9, 2012 TOPEKA, Kan.—Members of the Kansas Senate expected their vote to be close Wednesday on proposed income and sales tax cuts, with critics pointing to a national think tank’s analysis that the plan would shift part of the state’s tax burden from its wealthiest residents to its […]
CBS News: Kan. lawmakers pass tax cuts, but more work seen
December 17, 2012
May 10, 2012 11:10 AM TOPEKA, Kan. — Massive tax reductions cleared the Kansas Legislature on Wednesday, but even as Gov. Sam Brownback and his conservative Republican allies marked a political victory, they scrambled to start containing possible future budget problems. The House narrowly approved a bill to cut income and sales taxes by an […]
Associated Press: Kan. governor signs massive income tax cuts bill amid debate over potential for budget crisis
December 17, 2012
JOHN HANNA Associated Press Last Updated: May 22, 2012 – 5:18 pm TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed massive income tax cuts into law Tuesday, expressing confidence they would boost the economy and not create future budget problems or shift the state’s tax burden to the poor. “Today’s legislation will create tens of […]
Truthout: States to Residents- Forget Promises to Restore School Funding
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) Saturday, 09 June 2012 11:12 By Mike Alberti, Remapping Debate | News Analysis When Wichita Public Schools Superintendent John Allison learned that, thanks to rising revenues, Kansas was projected to have a budget surplus of more than $300 million at the end of the year – the state’s first surplus since the recession […]
New York Times: To Cut Taxes or Keep Services- 2 States Act as Test Cases
December 17, 2012
(Original Post) By MICHAEL COOPERPublished: July 10, 2012 OCEAN CITY, Md. — As state governments begin to emerge from the long downturn, many are grappling with a difficult choice: should they restore some of the services and jobs they were forced to cut after the recession or cut taxes in the hopes of bolstering their […]
The Hays Daily News: Childhood poverty
December 17, 2012
Published on -11/25/2012, 9:37 AM Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback has accepted a difficult responsibility. As unofficial adviser to a task force studying ways to reduce childhood poverty in the state, she might be required eventually to deliver bad news to her husband. It all depends on how seriously the governor-appointed panel accepts its task. […]
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