Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback's administration Thursday urged legislators to support the newest tax-cutting bill but conservatives said they liked the larger tax cut proposal that has already been approved.
State Rep. Owen Donohoe, R-Shawnee, said Brownback, a Republican, says he believes tax cuts spur economic growth, Brownback asked Republicans to push the larger tax cut to his desk, and that is exactly what House Republicans did.
"He asked us to do something and we did it. What's the problem? Why doesn't he sign it?," Donohoe asked Brownback's Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan during a House GOP caucus meeting.
Jordan acknowledged the larger tax cut would produce budget problems as soon as next year even though Brownback had said he could make the bill work and that he was prepared to sign it into law.
But Brownback on Wednesday announced support of the new tax-cutting proposal, which would phase in the income and business tax cuts over a longer period of time.The measure could be up for possible votes as early as today.
Jordan also said that the Legislature could re-visit the issue next year with an eye toward speeding up the tax cuts.
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Paul R. Getto 1 year ago
"Jordan acknowledged the larger tax cut would produce budget problems as soon as next year even though Brownback had said he could make the bill work and that he was prepared to sign it into law." === At least Mr. Jordan admits this; that's a good start.
theironmouse 1 year ago
Sooo how much more school cuts are we going to make? How many state workers are going to be let go? They make it sound like this will spur economic growth overnight..sorry it won't. It can take decades for growth to happen. Kansas has very little to offer that would attract enough big business to boost the economy fast. Only way I could see fast growth happening is bringing production jobs back into the USA. Put high enough tariffs on imports that would make companies think twice before shipping off jobs to other contries.
kansanjayhawk 1 year ago
Many of our schools have bloated administration costs which could be cut! We need to focus on getting educational funding to the teachers and classroom.
chootspa 1 year ago
Can you cite specific examples and line items that could be cut? I'm awaiting your very specific reply, oh budget and administrative expert.
Paul R. Getto 1 year ago
It's hard to generalize, but ..... In the typical school budget 85-90% is fixed costs if you want people, buildings and insurance, etc. 50+% goes to teachers; 1/5-3% to all activitiies; 5% to run the district office; about 11-12% to pay for building leadership. There's not much wriggle room and yes, you could, "fire" administrators, but the only way to gain lots of money is to close buildings and terminate all the staff who work in them. As we've noticed in Lawrence, this is not usually well accepted when it's discussed as an option. All of this information is public and available at ksde.org. http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4996
dinglesmith 1 year ago
I assume you got a personal reply with all those examples. I haven't seen any here and I'm sure kansanjayhawk wouldn't say that without specific examples. Right kansanjayhawk?
Hooligan_016 1 year ago
Don't worry, Brownback has said he can "make it work."
/facepalm
tolawdjk 1 year ago
"We gave you the gun."
"Pull the trigger!"
question4u 1 year ago
"He asked us to do something and we did it. What's the problem? Why doesn't he sign it?," Donohoe asked Brownback's Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan during a House GOP caucus meeting."
Poor Donahue. He probably really doesn't know!
mikekt 1 year ago
The problem is that Brownback would rather be out of office before his whole house of Re-Publican Economic Joker Cards fall down, leaving the mess for himself to have to cover-up in plain sight. ( Oh right....as if he'd fix what he broke? ) The Re-Publican Qualifications for the next Governor of Kansas are that it be a Democrat who is perhaps a Black, or a Female, or a Gay person, so they will have somebody else, other than themselves to blame, for making such a huge ( !!!!! ) mess out of the states' future finances or for having to raise taxes even higher to pay for his mess! That is how Sam, the son of G.W. Bush, will make it all work, just like G.W. did (?) !!!!!
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