LOL. Brownback To Propose Tax Revenue Increase To Help Fill Budget Gap

[JaneyVee]

Oh sweet schadenfreude... few things more gratifying than watching conservatives basically admit their economic policies FAIL:

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) will propose tax revenue increases in order to address the state's budget shortfall, the Wichita Eagle reported on Saturday.

Brownback announced last month that he would initiate budget cuts to help fill the large budget deficit projected to reach $279 million by June 2015. Jon Hummel, the governor's chief of staff, told the Eagle that the governor would specifically target the state's education budget.

Brownback implemented steep income tax cuts during his first term in office, which prompted some state Republicans to back the Democratic candidate in the 2014 election.

Hummel said that the governor is still focused on limiting spending despite the proposal to increase tax revenue.

"Revenue didn’t come in quite as was projected," he told the Eagle. "If we can do some things on the tax side and do some things on the budget side and still maintain that overall philosophy, then he's always been open to that."


Link: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/brownback-tax-revenue-increase-budget

[GreatGazoo]

1. "Read (his) lips" ?

[Fred Sanders]

2. Target education first, last and always. Those fucking scientists and critical thinkers are ruining everything.

[KansDem]

3. Brownback is going after KPERS

"Kansas Public Employee Retirement System"

Brownback: KPERS cuts needed to spare education funding

Gov. Sam Brownback defended cutting contributions to state worker retirement plans Wednesday — a necessary step, he argued, to protect education spending — as he called for an overhaul of the state’s school finance formula.

Facing opposition from some quarters of his own party, the governor acknowledged cuts to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) will slow progress made on the system over the past few years. But he pushed back against critics who had previously predicted financial trouble for the state.

Brownback’s call for a full-range review of how the state funds public education came after budget director Shawn Sullivan said earlier this week change is needed to reduce spending outside the classrooms.

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http://cjonline.com/news/2014-12-10/brownback-kpers-cuts-needed-spare-education-funding

Don't raise taxes on the idle rich! Gotta go after the working middle-class...

[Jefferson23]

10. Predictable, he will destroy what is left where he can. n/t

[Rhinodawg]

4. Go ahead Sammy...Tax those evil poor people.

Who the hell in Kansas voted for this imbecile ?

[blkmusclmachine]

7. Isn't Diebold in Overland Park???

[mythology]

5. I love the euphemism

"revenue didn't come in quite as was projected"

It cratered, which is exactly what should have been expected based on what happens when this is tried over and over again.

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. That's not a fail,

"Oh sweet schadenfreude... few things more gratifying than watching conservatives basically admit their economic policies FAIL:"

Rich people and the Kochs got an enormous tax cut. Poor people and working people will pay for it. In Brownhole's eyes, that's "success".

Mission Accomplished - for republicons.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. ^This.^

[JaneyVee]

9. True, I always tell people that....

Trickle down economics didn't fail, it worked exactly as Republicans planned it to.