Sketchy Kansas Flat Tax Advocacy FAILS To Impress Broke-Ass Voters

A lesson to our conservative pals . . . 

If Patrick Tuohey can't sell the flat tax then nobody can.

He's better looking and smarter than most tax fighters but even his eloquent & thoughtful words seem like he's promoting the kind of sketchy math that backs up most cryptocurrency schemes.

To be fair, he dutifully takes apart Guv Kelly opposition to the flat tax and there's no doubt he's correct:

"Progressives like to argue that such a tax reform benefit the rich . . . But the rich always pay the most in taxes, and would continue to do so under this proposal.

"The question is not whether to cut taxes — both the governor and the Legislature are advancing tax cuts — but how. Republicans argue their reform brings Kansas in line with other states and makes Kansas a more attractive place to live and work."

More credit where it's due . . .

Mr. Tuohey's writing was the only thing worth reading in the Kansas City Star this week. 

However . . .

Whilst we trust his math he wisely glosses over how much the very top income brackets will save by way of a flat tax and NOBODY is interested in giving the super rich money back. 

Still . . .

Explaining the Laffer curve to somebody pulling a 14-hour shift at a customer service job is a waste of time and likely an insult . . . That's why it's the opening joke in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Again . . . 

Mr. Tuohey isn't completely wrong but complex ideas about economics clearly don't have a place in campaign 2024, which has already kicked off with Taylor Swift conspiracy theories. 

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