Kansas City Star Stand Up For Guv Kelly's Flat Tax Veto

Kansas tax chatter persist whilst locals remain more concerned about healthcare, public education and roads.

Read today's newspaper distraction . . .

"We agreed with Kelly’s decision to veto the bill, which would have set the individual income tax rate at 5.15% for every individual in Kansas, regardless of their income level.

"The result would have been a gift to the Sunflower State’s richest residents. It sounds like basic fairness on its face: Everyone pays the same rate. But it’s an inherently regressive system. An analysis by the Kansas Department of Revenue found the flat tax would cut up to $3,000 from the tax bill of high earners — and just $50 a year for Kansans at the low end of the scale.

"What’s more, that giveaway would have cut more than $300 million annually from state revenues, setting the state government up for eventual budget chaos reminiscent of former Gov. Sam Brownback’s ill-fated “tax experiment” of the 2010s."

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