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.