A majority of our legislature is willing to shortchange schools and other essential services to give a small percentage of Kansans a big tax break. Rep. Probst shared this explanation as well as some photos of things average Kansans won’t be able to afford to buy with the 75-cent reduction they would get from the flat tax.

“According to numbers from the Kansas Department of Revenue there are 1,280,574 income tax returns by Kansas residents. Of those, 48,881 report earning over $250,000 a year – less than 4 percent of all tax filers in the state. Yet that group stands to get 52 percent of the entire savings from this more fair income tax structure.

Meanwhile, nearly 37 percent (471,726) of the state’s middle income tax filers between $25,000 and $75,000 will reap just 9 percent of the total tax savings…

“For those working families firmly in the middle – making between $40,000 and $75,000 a year – they’ll realize an average savings of …..wait for it… $.75 for a married couple without kids, or $1.25 for a couple with two kids…

“To better illustrate how absurd this plan is, I am sharing a selection of items you CAN’T afford to buy with the income tax savings Kansas’ richest folks have deemed is fair for you – but mostly for them.

Read more here: https://thatguyinhutch.substack.com/…/what-you-gonna-do…

Published on Facebook on Jan. 22, 2024.