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Kansas' experiment with reducing taxes ends in failure. Republicans override the Governor's veto.
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. [kshb.com]
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. [washingtonpost.com]
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.
[Editorializing] 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.
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