A flat tax is not a fair tax

Taxing all Kansans at the same rate hits the low wage-earner a lot harder than Daddy Warbucks because he has so little to start with.

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January 3, 2023 - 5:23 PM

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Because state coffers are currently flush, a flat tax rate is once again being proposed

Kansas, don’t go there.

A system where all are taxed the same amount on their earnings will yield far less than our current tiered system.

Why?

Because the wealthy will pay far less. 

Yes, we know, that’s the idea. 

Shush. 

But once we go down that path of decimating our tax structure, it will take years to correct just as it did after massive tax cuts were enacted during the 2012-2017 administration of Gov. Sam Brownback.

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