Action Alert: Urge your senator to oppose Senate Bill 22. Senate President Susan Wagle has fast-tracked an extremely risky tax bill, which will be heard on the Senate floor tomorrow (Wednesday). This bill deals with the interplay between federal and state tax law. Its full impact is not yet clear, and its benefits are skewed towards large corporations and the wealthy. The simple reality is that Kansas is still climbing out of the hole created by the former administration. We cannot afford a tax cut right now, especially while the full impact of the current tax plan and...
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Lawrence Journal-World Op Ed: Unnecessary Risk on Taxes
Urge your senator to vote no on SB 22.“They’re playing with fire. Before revising the state’s tax policies yet again, lawmakers should make sure the state has the funds necessary to fix its schools, highways and prisons.”http://www2.ljworld.com/…/editorial-unnecessary-risk-on-ta…/ Originally posted to Facebook on 02/05/2019....
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Leave a Comment They Don’t Make it Easy…
Game On submitted testimony in favor of SB 44 and volunteered to move our oral testimony to next week to allow the committee to accommodate all the proponents. This bill is Governor Kelly’s school funding plan and includes the inflation adjustment the state needs to adopt during the phase-in of the funding. Please email the Senate Select Committee on Education Finance and urge them to pass it: Molly.Baumgardner@senate.ks.gov, Jim.Denning@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov, Bud.Estes@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Goddard@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Carolyn.McGinn@senate.ks.gov, Pat.Pettey@senate.ks.gov, Eric.Rucker@senate.ks.gov We agree with the other points in this post by Stand Up Blue Valley regarding the archaic requirement of filing paper copies...
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Leave a Comment Topeka Capital Journal Article: Senate Advances Tax ‘Windfall’ Bill.
We can’t afford another risky tax cut right now. We are still trying to climb out of a massive fiscal hole. “‘I can’t imagine why anybody who was here in 2012 and lived through the Brownback tax cuts and the ‘experiment’ would ever consider voting for that bill,’ Kelly said. ‘In the last month, my administration has offered clear direction and priorities for the future of Kansas.’ “She said the Legislature should first address a Kansas Supreme Court order on funding of K-12 public schools, which could require infusion of about $90 million annually into state aid to education.”https://www.cjonline.com/…/senate-advances-190-million-tax-…...
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