The Republican-controlled house and senates of Kansas voted to increase taxes and to override the governor's veto of a bill to increase taxes.
The current governor pushed through tax cuts, intended to grow Kansas' economy, but during the tax cuts, Kansas' growth was lower than the country's overall growth.
The increase follows years in which the state was unable to balance its budget, and the funding for education was found to be unconstitutionally low.
In my view, state budgets are likely to take a hit from Trump's stealth tax increase: by reducing funding for programs and forcing the states to step in, the states will have to find extra money to fill the gaps.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @10:39PM (1 child)
You actually believe a country will function, in a positive way for it's citizens, based on running it with 'voluntary' taxes? That's awesome, but I'll bite. Can you cite an example of a society that does that and which you would like the US to emulate?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 10 2017, @10:22AM
Well from personal experience I'm rather fond of the Chickasaw Nation's approach. They rake in enough through gambling and assorted investments that it pays for the whole tribe's healthcare entirely, quite a lot of municipal and county improvements for the areas we operate in, and a good deal more to boot.
Of course that would require quite a lot of rewriting to scale to the entire national population but I'm confident it could be done and cover governments actual essential jobs, though I utterly fail to care if it could keep up the entitlement spending which makes up the majority of our budget every year. Being my daddy is not an essential, or even desirable, government function.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.